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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 95 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, JULY 6 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 Fate of Maharaja’s art collection hangs in balance AGENCIES lection of exquisite and antique tex- by tax payers’ money and, hence, the tiles in different fabrics - including AIR INDIA DISINVESTMENT collection should have been appraised Mumbai, July 5: While the Modi gov- the famous “Shringar” collection of cos- by experts and valued every year. ernment wants to make a 100 per cent tumes, which has been displayed both The RTI response further said that divestment in Air India (AI), which has in India and abroad to high acclaim. the art catalogue was not going to be a combined debt of `60,074 crore, there Even as the national carrier is out on part of the assets for sale of the airline. is no decision on what it will do with the block one would reckon that such a This is strange as the airline is bleed- the 8,000 pieces of priceless art col- magnificent collection of around 8,000 ing tax payers’ money and something lection housed in the iconic AI build- pieces of priceless art would be part of that would add rare value to the sale ing in Mumbai. the asset evaluation of AI for its bidders. should have been included. The art collection includes paintings Wrong. The art collection has disap- The RTI was categorical that the AI by MF Hussain, VS Gaitonde, KH Ara peared mysteriously from the evaluation. art collection is not part of the sale Four Maoists gunned and Kishen Khanna. The artifacts A journalist had filed a Right to prospectus of AI. This inevitably leads there include approximately 2,500 Information (RTI) application in to the question that once AI is sold down in Kandhamal modern and traditional sculptures, February this year seeking to know what will happen to the AI’s art col- by artists such as B Vithal, Pillo from the Ministry of Aviation the fol- lection. The RTI response claims that POST NEWS NETWORK SOG, DVF at Tumudibandha, Pochkhanwala and P Janakitan. lowing: ‘When was the last valuation since the collection has never been cat- Kandhamal. Security forces In fact, AI was considered a signif- of the art works carried out?; ‘What alogued or valued how it will be disposed. Phulbani, July 5: Four were fired upon and they re- icant patron of the Progressive Artists is the valuation?; ‘Has this valuation Sources say in-house valuations Maoists with cash rewards taliated in self-defence. There Group in the 1950’s which comprised been included in the sales prospectus assets for sale or is it going to be sold major art collection possessed by AI based on the prices the artists command on their heads were killed in are four casualties on Maoists world famous artists. AI, in its tax of AI?’ and ‘Has the art catalogue of separately? has never been valued. This is shock- in the open market the collection could an encounter with police in side. Some of them are in- payer-funded treasure chest, has a col- the AI collection been included in the The RTI respnse confirmed that the ing as this art collection was paid for be worth `500 crore or more. southern Odisha’s Kandhmal jured. Combing operations district Sunday morning. are on in the area. The SP is Sources said that acting on also at the spot," tweeted a tip-off, District Voluntary Odisha Police. IRREGULAR by MANJUL FOURTH OF JULY Force (DVF) and Special Huge cache of arms and Operation Group (SOG) per- ammunition has also been COVID-19 TALLY sonnel launched a joint comb- seized from the spot. ing operation in Sirla vil- Chief Secretary Asit lage under Tumudibandh Tripathy congratulated the police limits at around 7 am. officers and jawans for the During the operation, successful operation. the Maoists opened fire at “Congrats to Officers & CROSSES 9K-MARK the security personnel who Jawans of Odisha Police on immediately retaliated. successful ops in Kandhamal. However, after an hour-long Their brave action is much encounter, the Left-wing appreciated. Death of four extremists stopped firing Maoists confirmed. This IN STATE, 36 DEAD and managed to escape from strengthens our resolve to the spot. free our state from extrem- Wait a minute! Seems like POST NEWS NETWORK Bargarh and Angul, he said. Later, the security per- ism and spur all round de- somebody has already informed The official said 469 more people, sonnel found the bodies of velopment in the state,” the gangster about the raid! Bhubaneswar, July 5: The state’s including four National Disaster four Maoists, including that tweeted the Chief Secretary. COVID-19 tally Sunday crossed the Response Force personnel tested pos- of a woman, at the spot. All Combing operations are 9,000 mark with 469 fresh cases, itive for coronavirus. four of them are suspected underway in the forest in the Three test COVID while two more fatalities due to the The NDRF personnel were placed to be members of the presence of Kandhamal SP infection pushed the death toll to 36, under institutional quarantine Bansadhara-Nagavali- Prateek Singh. Police sources +ve at BMC office a health department official said. after their return from West Bengal, Ghumusar division of the said that all the four Maoists The number of coronavirus pa- where they had gone for restoration banned CPI (Maoist), the belonged to Bansadhara- POST NEWS NETWORK tients in the state rose to 9,070. work in the wake of cyclone DGP Abay said. Ghumusara-Nagabali (BGN)) Two men succumbed to the dis- Amphan, the official said. Fourth of July fireworks explode over the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and “There was an exchange division of the outlawed CPI- Bhubaneswar, July 5: Following ease while undergoing treatment Taking the four into account, the US Capitol along the National Mall in Washington PTI of fire between Maoists and Maoist outfit. detection of three positive cases, at hospitals, he said. the number of disaster response per- the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday Kerala extends sealed the engineering section on How the numbers galloped its premises for 48 hours. The April 25 100 IT dept amends TDS form staff has been asked to go under COVID regulations home quarantine. According to May 6 200 the BMC Commissioner Prem May 9 300 till July 2021 AS PER THE AMENDED FORM, BANKS WILL HAVE TO REPORT TDS Chandra Chaudhary, an execu- FOR CASH WITHDRAWALS ABOVE `1 CRORE tive engineer, an assistant engineer May 11 400 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and a driver had gone on leave to May 12 500 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tory for all other deductors to men- attend a wedding in Sambalpur, Thiruvananthapuram, July 5: tion their PAN in the form. June 26. They underwent COVID- May 19 1,000 In a bid to cut the chain of trans- New Delhi, June 5: The Income Kumar said, “The new forms are 19 test after returning to July 4 9,000 mission of the novel coronavirus Tax department has amended the more comprehensive and require Bhubaneswar and following which and to minimise the potential of TDS form, making it more com- payers to report not only those they tested positive. “Both the en- “Regret to inform the demise of sonnel testing positive for the virus its spread, Kerala Sunday amended prehensive and mandating de- cases where TDS is deducted, but gineers on their return were asked a 40-year-old COVID positive pa- has increased to 299. the state Epidemic Disease ductors to state reasons for non-de- also cases where TDS is not de- to undergo home quarantine. Only tient from Gajapati district and a Of the fresh 469 cases, 317 were Ordinance, putting the COVID- duction of tax. ducted for any reason. Separate when one of them complained of 64-year-old man from Sundergarh detected in quarantine centres and control regulations in the state in As per the amended form, banks codes have been provided to cover fever Tuesday we tested their district, who was also suffering 152 were found as an outcome of the place for the next one year. will also have to report Tax Deducted different situations of deduction blood samples. Some staff mem- from diabetes,” the official said. contact-tracing exercises, the offi- With coronavirus cases gradu- at Source (TDS) for cash with- of TDS at lower rate/non-deduc- bers might have come in contact A 45-year-old woman from cial said. ally increasing in Kerala, the state drawals above `1 crore. tion of TDS.” with the two engineers,” Balasore district, who tested pos- The new cases were reported government has issued new guide- Through a notification, the The revised forms and rules Chaudhary stated. Questions have itive for COVID-19, died but her from 20 districts. Ganjam regis- lines to act as preventive meas- Central Board of Direct Taxes also seek to incorporate report- now been raised against the han- death was due to "massive haem- tered 116 fresh cases, followed by ures against the pandemic. The (CBDT) has amended Income Tax ing for new sections of TDS in- dling of the pandemic by the BMC. orrhagic exudative pleural effu- Cuttack (94) and Sundergarh (66). new regulations known as ‘Kerala Rules to include TDS on e-com- ments are required to be filled. serted in the Income Tax Act, such sion," he said. The state now has 3,090 active Epidemic Disease Corona Virus merce operators, dividend distrib- Form 26Q is used for quarterly as Section 194N for cash with- With this, the number of coro- cases, while 5,934 patients have re- Disease (COVID-19) Additional uted by mutual funds and business filing of TDS returns on any pay- drawals, Section 197A permitting WEATHER navirus patients who died due to covered from the disease. Regulations, 2020’, will be in force trusts, cash withdrawals, profes- ment other than salary to Indian res- non-deduction of TDS in various “non-COVID reasons” increased The Health Department con- for a year – till -- July 2021, or till sional fees and interest. idents by the government or cor- situations, among others. BHUB CTK to 10 in Odisha. ducted tests of 5,317 samples in further government direction. Nangia & Co LLP Partner porates operating in India. In the 2019-20 Budget, the gov- MAX 30.1° 31.0° Of the 36 deaths so far in the the past 24 hours. This means, people will have to Shailesh Kumar said with this no- Form 27Q is used for quarterly ernment had introduced a TDS state, Ganjam, the worst-hit Meanwhile, the aggravating sit- wear masks, maintain social dis- tification, the government has re- filing of TDS returns electroni- levy of 2 per cent on cash with- TEMP MIN 26.0° 24.4° Forecast district, accounts for 20, followed uation has called for imposing fresh tancing and avoid large gatherings vised the format of forms 26Q and cally on any payment other than drawals of more than Rs1 crore Humidity 98% 91% Cloudy by seven in Khurda, four in shut-downs in various districts of till July 2021. The District Collectors 27Q, where details of TDS amount salary to non- residents, including from a bank account in one finan- Rainfall 27.0mm 2.0mm weather Cuttack, and one each in the state, including Cuttack, Ganjam have been instructed to ensure due deducted and deposited on vari- NRIs and foreigners. Except for cial year to discourage business mainly Gajapati, Sundergarh, Puri, and places in Sundergarh. P3 compliance of the regulations. ous resident and non-resident pay- government deductors, it is manda- payments in cash. WHO halts HCQ , HIV Kanye announces US presidential bid on Twitter drugs in COVID trials TESLA CEO ELON MUSK EXTENDS SUPPORT TO THE RAPPER’S BID TWEETING, “YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT!”

REUTERS lopinavir/ritonavir produce little AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE it is unclear if he has officially reg- ment industry to loudly voice his be the President of the US, and I will or no reduction in the mortality of istered to run for office. support for Trump. remember… any founder that did- Geneva, July 5: The World Health hospitalised COVID-19 patients Washington, July 5: Kanye West, Hundreds of thousands of Twitter In 2018, they met in the Oval n’t have the capacity to understand Organization (WHO) said Saturday when compared to standard of care. the entertainment mogul who urges users reacted to the star’s an- Office – a surreal tete-e-tete that culturally what we were doing.” that it was discontinuing its trials Solidarity trial investigators will listeners in one song to “reach for nouncement and “Kanye” shot to be- included a hug from the rapper as It was unclear to whom the artist of the malaria drug hydroxy- interrupt the trials with immedi- the stars, so if you fall, you land on come the top trending term on the well as an on-camera rant featuring was referring. chloroquine and combination HIV ate effect,” the WHO said in a state- a cloud,” claimed Saturday he is platform, although many questioned an expletive not often repeated for The announcement came days drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospi- ment, referring to large multi-coun- challenging Donald Trump for the whether the volatile rapper would the White House press corps. after West, who has taken a very pub- talised patients with COVID-19 after try trials that the agency is leading. US presidency in 2020. go through with his plan and others That year, West also delivered a lic turn towards Christianity in re- they failed to reduce mortality. The UN agency said the deci- “We must now realize the prom- claimed it was a publicity stunt. lengthy soliloquy to a president cent years, released a new song, The setback came as the WHO sion, taken on the recommenda- ise of America by trusting God, His wife, reality star Kim who many deem racist, telling him “Wash Us In the Blood,” along with also reported more than 200,000 tion of the trial’s international unifying our vision and building Kardashian, replied with a US flag he loved him – to the dismay of an accompanying video including y new cases globally of the disease steering committee, does not af- our future. I am running for pres- emoji, while Tesla CEO Elon Musk many Democrats and fellow artists. imagery from recent anti-racism

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FORTUNE FORECAST DOCUMENTARY ON KOTPAD HANDLOOM FABRICS RELEASES ON OTT PLATFORM Evelyn finds Indian Tribal weavers optimistic

ARIES about revival of fortunes At times it is a good thing to be under pres- wear classy sure, because it brings out your potential to the fullest. You will outsmart all your colleagues in the work Mumbai: German-Indian actress you do. However, results may not match Evelyn Sharma loves Indian wear. your expectations. She has been painting the social media with various colours, and in one of the throwback photos TAURUS she is seen sporting a desi look in yellow. This day, you can't afford to take chances with your “There isn’t much to do now. health, says Ganesha. If I have been trying different looks, there is the least sign or symptom of ill- and Indian attires are one of ness, go consult a doctor straight away. my favourites. They are just As you are going to be unusually prone so classy. As actors we need to to injuries and infections, it is advisable experiment with our looks that you stay at home. and it always helps. Also, PARIDHI TURNS they provide some good feed for social media and CHAITALI SHOME, OP tensive. These days, I am getting more GEMINI the Instagram family,” MAKE-UP calls from the buyers who have You will spend your time she said. Bhubaneswar: Documentary film watched the documentary film on- figuring out other people Talking about the Kotpad Weaving: The Story of a Race line. At the moment, I am sensing and their motivations desi look, she said: Against Time, made in 2018 by that the fate of artisans will take a turn today. You will probably spend time dis- “While I was in ARTIST, CHEF Biswanath Rath, is the first Odia non- for the better,” says an excited Panika. cussing issues of security and finance with your family members today. You will gain Canada, I had fiction which is currently streaming Although Kotpad handloom fab- love and appreciation from people owing tried that look Mumbai: Actress Paridhi in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, rics got the GI tag back in 2005, it has to your caring nature, says Ganesha. and I think it Sharma is happy to get and other English-speaking territories not been in demand the way it should suits me.” back to work and shoot of Amazon Prime. The feature tells the have been, says Sweta Singh, a city- Evelyn for the show Jag Jaanani rich and fascinating story of a unique, based designer. “The design needs made her Maa Vaishno Devi - Kahani timeless textile tradition practiced global promotion ahead of fabrics CANCER Hindi film Mata Rani Ki, but is also in the tribal region of Koraput district such as linen, viscose and other pop- You may get a gift from debut in the taking all the possible pre- in Odisha. It also highlights the plight ular textile material. The artisans your life partner. Ties with business partners 2012 film cautions to keep her safe in of Kotpad weavers, mostly from are leading a pitiable life in Koraput will be good and you will From Sydney times of the coronavirus pan- Mirgan community, who have been which is why it is time the state gov- get a good news from them. Time to With Love. demic. spinning an amazing fabric adorned ernment should promote the craft make new plans for the future with She was She has been carrying her with nature-inspired tribal motifs. aggressively to help out the tribal spouse. You will feel greater companion- then seen in own home-made food with her Needless to say, the craft and its ar- weaver community,” adds Singh. ship with spouse, giving you joy. films like and is using her sanitisers regu- tisans have never got the recognition On the other hand, filmmaker Rath Nautanki larly. She has been doing her make- and patronage they deserve. who has been instrumental in high- Saala, Yeh up too. Even as the film, released a couple lighting the plight of the weavers, re- LEO Jawaani “A big sigh of relief came when of years back, had bagged a few awards calls, “I came to know about Kotpad Your day will be one of Hai we came to know that our shoot lo- at several international film festi- handloom only in October 2016. So, I mixed results. On one hand you will be dis- Deewani, cation, which is at Naigaon, is under vals, it didn’t have much of an impact decided to make a bid to revive this satisified with your Yaariyan green zone. The crew members too on the living condition of the weavers. near-extinct tradition through my spouse or business partner, on the other and travel from the green zone area,” But this time, after the film’s stream- film. Kotpad Weaving … is a humble hand you will make fantastic returns on Saaho. she said. ing on OTT platform, the artisans attempt to recognise the weavers’ is- your speculations. You will be able to “As a precautionary measure, are quite optimistic about a revival in sues and suggest a few possible so- maintain a balance owing to the advise of I carry my own food, water, etc. their fortunes. some friend, says Ganesha. lutions. I am overwhelmed that I also use sanitisers at regular Kapilash and Sudha, a weaver cou- Amazon Prime is now streaming my interval and follow social dis- ple from Kotpad, says, “There is little documentary for the tancing norms on set. The awareness among people about the global audience. I am VIRGO make-up artists are fully cov- unique weaving technique of this quite hopeful of a Today you will find ered with their proper PPE fabric. In fact, at many textile expos change in fate of the yourself overflowing kits. Though to avoid any we often have to explain the customers weavers.” with ideas. You have a risk, I have started doing my about the intricacies of Kotpad designs. soothing touch, the own make-up," she added. But with the online streaming of the hands of a healer, and so you will be able documentary film, we will certainly to help many people, says Ganesha. You will be very considerate, and your mind- get global exposure. Who knows, it may reading abilities will work wonders both attract international buyers also.” for you and your loved ones. Mumbai: Veteran Bengali actor Sabyasachi Chakrabarty has acted Gobardhan Panika, a mas- When in Hindi films like Dil Se, Parineeta and Khakee, besides a brush ter weaver of Kotpad hand- with international cinema in Mira Nair’s The Namesake. The actor loom, who has been honoured who has been popular as Feluda among Bengali film buffs, shares with a Padma Shri for his con- LIBRA Sabyasachi he missed out on working with superstars Aamir Khan and Shah tribution to the art of weav- Ganesha says today is a Rukh Khan while in Mumbai. ing, credits his wife for whatever good day for govern- “Most of the time I had to say ‘no' to an opportunity because he has achieved. ment related work. missed out the role came to me at the last minute -- when the casting direc- “Kotpad dyeing is Those of you who are government employees will be able to get tor calls me and asks for dates within 15 days. At times they say a long process good results for their work. Your work will that they have outdoor shooting abroad that I have to be a part of. and is entirely be rewarded and your performance and on working Since I always have schedules for at least two months in hand, I organic, efficiency will be praised. couldn't say no to all those I had already committed because of one manual with SRK, offer that comes at the very last moment,” explained the 63-year- and old actor. labour SCORPIO “Aamir thought of a character for me in Lagaan while Shah Rukh in- Aamir wanted me in Ashoka. There were many such offers I couldn't take,” Free you mind from nega- shared the actor who recently appeared in web series Lalbazaar. tive thoughts. You need to be in high spirits to work with your team and dele- gate equal responsibilities to your team mates. Know their calibre and designate accordingly. PEANUTS post SUDOKU CROSSWORD To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers SAGITTARIUS 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. Dark and gloomy, that's what how you feel today, foresees Ganesha. However, the cloud to worries is likely to burst during the latter half of the day. Good news from abroad or a phone call from a friend is likely to cheer you up.

CAPRICORN You will want to expand the horizon of your busi- CALVIN AND HOBBES ness. But, you will be confused about the path to take for the expansion. You want to reach to the sky, but such a dilemma will keep you in a double mind. Listen to what your heart says, as it will guide you to the right direction, feels Ganesha. SOLUTIONS

AQUARIUS It is your lucky day today! Whatever you will wish for, it will fall into your lap, be it name, fame, money or love. During the second half of the day, you will keep yourself occupied with your hobbies like reading, writing, BREVITY CROSSWORD playing active role in discussion groups or research, says Ganesha.

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POST NEWS NETWORK “In this connect it is pointed out that he direction a 200-bedded Covid hospital with 20 recover in one day comes after Bhubaneswar, July 5: The Odisha T ICUs has been set up under AIIMS, government has asked the All India AIIMS shifted 10 Bhubaneswar as per government of Saturday, the state recorded 5 deaths due to the virus; it was the highest in a span of 24 patients found Institute of Medical Sciences India portal. Hence it is requested hours and Sunday, the recovery numbers point out that the picture is not so grim positive from both (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar to keep and OPD and IPD over a to avoid congestion in the state- treat the Covid-19 patients screened period of last five run hospitals.” POST NEWS NETWORK in the hospital on its campus. days to SUM and The government said this after More pvt labs conduct The Directorate of Medical KIMS Covid hospitals a number of hospitals including Bhubaneswar, July 5: The state Education and Training in an official AIIMS, Bhubaneswar started re- Sunday reported its highest sin- correspondence has asked them to porting new cases of Covid-19 and Covid tests; total 25 AIIMS-Bhub will restrict admission of patients directly from OPD unless gle-day recovery of coronavirus refrain from sending the patients they are in dire need of emergency treatment the total cases in the state rose mul- disease (Covid-19) patients as 290 per- BHUBANESWAR: With rise in numbers of Covid-19 from AIIMS to different tifold in the last few days. Earlier, sons were reportedly cured and of Covid cases in the state, the govern- Covid hospitals in the state. not send the patients affected by Outdoor Patient Department (OPD) one of the initial few cases of the discharged from several COVID ment has ramped up its testing facili- The state government said: as the disease to other hospitals. and Indoor Patient Department disease was detected from AIIMS care facilities in Odisha. ties incorporating more and more pri- the premier Centre-run hospital “I am directed to state that it has (IPD). All such cases have been when the son of a senior doctor vate labs. At present, 25 private labs “#Odisha records another high already has a dedicated 200-bedded been observed that in the last few shifted to the IMS & SUM Hospital tested positive and the hospital ad- are conducting tests for the viral dis- recovery of 290 #COVID19 patients coronavirus cases were detected ease. According to the Indian Council Covid hospital on its campus with days at least 10 Covid-19 positive or KIIMS, Bhubaneswar,” the DMET ministration was accused of shield- in a day! It is the ceaseless efforts from Cuttack Municipal of Medical Research (ICMR), Odisha Intensive Care Unit (ICU), it should cases have been detected in your letter to AIIMS said. It also added, ing the fact. of our #CovidWarriors which has Corporation’s (CMC) jurisdiction, now has 25 Covid-19 testing labs which made this possible. The total re- Sunday. are conducting the confirmatory tests covered cases of Odisha now stand “Of the fresh 19 cases, nine are for the global pandemic through the at 6224,” the Health and Family quarantine ones, eight are local Reverse Transcription Polymerase ` Welfare (H&FW) department contact cases and two are COVID Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) method. Bhubaneswar man loses 5 lakh tweeted. warriors,” BMC said in a tweet. Out of the 25 such centres, majority of The recoveries include 99 from Meanwhile, 23 persons who were them are managed by the government. Ganjam, 56 from Gajapati, 33 from earlier tested positive for COVID- There are 19 government-run Covid Jharsuguda, and 16 each from 19 in the Temple City recovered testing centres in the state spread to ‘one-of-its-kind’ online fraud Cuttack and Nabarangpur, 15 from Sunday. With this, the Capital city across nine districts. On the other Balasore, 11 from Sambalpur and has now 156 active COVID-19 cases, hand, most of the private labs which POST NEWS NETWORK gations into the issue after regis- accounts given by the fraudsters. 10 from Khurda. Similarly, eight while 270 have recovered from the are testing samples for Covid-19 are tering a case in this regard. The criminals also asked the victim persons from Mayurbhanj, six each viral infection. Bhubaneswar has situated mostly in the state capital. Bhubaneswar, July 5: Cyber crim- According to sources, the com- to deposit more money into several from Keonjhar and Puri, five from seen six deaths and 433 COVID-19 While the Central government run All inals have duped a man of around plainant applied for the installa- bank accounts for various other rea- Jagatsinghpur, three from cases so far. India Institute of Medical Sciences Rs 5 lakh on the pretext of instal- tion of mobile towers of a reputed sons. The victim deposited a total of (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar and Regional Nayagarh, two each from Bargarh The CMC, on the other hand, lation of mobile towers of a re- telecom operator on his landed Rs3, 89,730 into various accounts for Medical Research Centre (RMRC) and and Koraput and one each from tweeted, “Out of the 94 new COVID- others are doing the testing, state gov- puted telecom service provider and properties at Motiganj under the installation of the towers. Jajpur and Sundargarh have re- 19 positive cases reported today ernment owned labs too have now an ATM kiosk on the plots of the Balasore police limits and The miscreants also informed covered from the viral infection, in #Cuttack district, 74 +ve cases jumped onto the bandwagon. A num- victim in Balasore and Gothapatana near the IIT in the victim that they had the fran- the H&FW department added. belong to Cuttack city (CMC area). ber of state-run medical colleges in Bhubaneswar. Bhubaneswar through online mode. chise of a reputed financial insti- Twin cities report 93 cases Active surveillance and sanitiza- Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, The victim, a resident of Subsequently, he received a phone tution for installation of ATM As many as 19 persons were tion of the concerned areas is un- Bolangir, Baripada and Koraput among Sailashree Vihar in the city here, call from some unknown persons kiosks on private properties. They tested positive for COVID-19 in derway.” While 46 are institutional others have also started sample has lodged a complaint in this re- who asked him to deposit Rs29,000 for asked the victim to pay additional Bhubaneswar Municipal quarantine cases, 28 are home testing for the viral disease. gard with the Chandrasekharpur each installation. Accordingly, the Rs1,73,800 for the installation of an

Corporation (BMC) area, while 74 quarantine cases. police. Police have started investi- victim deposited the amount in the ATM kiosk on the latter’s property.

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k y m State details Covid relief measures to SC their homes seeking c THE ODISHA GOVERNMENT TELLS THE COURT THAT NO WILLING MIGRANT WORKER IS STRANDED IN THE STATE AS OF THE CURRENT DATE waiver of school fees POST NEWS NETWORK REGA to unskilled migrant workers. 26 dist units participate in the house dharana with The Odisha government informed IN NUMBERS New Delhi, July 5: As many as the court that it has established around 18,000 families across the state 17,690 migrant workers were allot- helping centres at block and dis- 17,690 migrant workers allotted ted 171.690 MT of rice and 1,743 mi- trict levels for providing necessary 171.690 MT rice POST NEWS NETWORK of the Association, said that gov- grant families were given 3.486 MT information to the migrant work- ernment of Odisha had declared channa under Atma Nirbhar Bharat ers regarding the employment 1,743 migrant families given 3.486 Bhubaneswar, July 5: The Odisha schools and colleges to remain shut (ANB) scheme, the state govern- schemes. The state has also main- MT channa Parents’ Association continues its till August 31. Many parents had dif- ment has informed the Supreme tained the details of migrant work- protest against fee hike and ‘irra- ficulty in cash flow due to shut- Court. ers village-wise and district-wise 1,428 willing migrant workers sent to tional SOPs’ of private English down and many of them are facing In an affidavit filed by the state as per the order of the Supreme their home states medium schools. The association financial crunch. “At this juncture counsel Sibo Sankar Mishra in the Court. Sunday sat on dharna and circumstances, we request 24 cases registered against migrants apex court Sunday, it has been stated The state government has ex- for violating lockdown rules for four hours your kind support that several initiatives have been tended supplementary nutrition at their respec- Many parents have and bring an order difficulty in cash flow taken by the state government to plan to 4,038 pregnant women and Supplementary nutrition plan tive homes from for the schools.” tackle migrant crisis in compli- 17,131 lactating mothers. The state extended to 4,038 pregnant women 9 AM to 1PM de- due to shutdown and The Association ance with the order of the Supreme has also given financial assistance and 17,131 lactating mothers manding from many of them are facing has sent the protest Court. of Rs 1,500 to 17,84,780 construc- CM Naveen financial crunch. At this photos to CMO and The state government has in- tion workers registered under the FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF `1,500 GIVEN TO EACH OF 17,84,780 WORKERS Patnaik to direct juncture and school and mass ed- formed the court that no willing Odisha Building and Other private schools circumstances, we ucation Minister via migrant worker is stranded in Construction Workers’ Welfare on waiving request your (CM’s) kind social media. Odisha as of the current date. It Board. From health issue to socio-economic crisis school fees on support and bring an Bhatt also said further said that advertisements The state informed the court that COVID admission of order for the schools that the Association have been published in media ask- 24 cases under section 51 of Disaster he UN’s Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to the students in pri- BASUDEV BHATT | CHAIRMAN, ODISHA will go for hunger ing the migrant workers to register Management Act, 2005 have been reg- TCOVID-19 crisis warns that “the COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a METAMORPHOSIS vate English PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION strike from July 6 themselves through the helpline istered against migrant workers; health crisis: it is affecting societies and economies at their core. While the medium schools for early order for number to enable the state gov- out of which, 21 cases have been impact of the pandemic will vary from country to country, it will most likely with RTE ACT 25 per cent reser- SOPs on admission of students in ernment to facilitate their return chargesheeted. increase poverty and inequalities at a global scale, making achievement of SDGs vation of Economic Weaker Section private English medium schools to their home states. The state has It is to be mentioned here that the even more urgent.” Assessing the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on societies, (EWS) and Disadvantaged Group with RTE ACT 25 per cent reser- submitted that as many as 1,428 Supreme Court had June 6 passed economies and vulnerable groups is fundamental to inform and tailor the (DG). vation for Economic Weaker Section willing migrant workers were sent an order in suo motu petition di- responses of governments and partners to recover from the crisis and ensure that Around 26 district units partic- (EWS) and Disadvantaged Group back to their home states. recting the state governments to no one is left behind in this effort. Without urgent socio-economic responses, global ipated in this house dharana with (DG). “Minister of School and Mass The state has introduced Urban take necessary steps for trans- suffering will escalate, jeopardizing lives and livelihoods for years to come. around 18,000 families in all over Education Samir Ranjan Dash an- Wage Employment Initiative to pro- porting the migrant workers to Immediate development responses in this crisis must be undertaken with an eye Odisha. nounced in October 2, 2019 to change vide employment opportunities to their home states and also asked the to the future. Development trajectories in the long-term will be affected by the The parents demanded from the it from next academic year and urban poor working at informal sec- states to provide employment op- choices countries make now and the support they receive.” Over the next 12 to 18 Chief Minister to direct all the pri- will ensure the implementation of months, the socio-economic response will be one of one of three critical components of tor with a budgetary allocation of Rs portunities to the migrants affected vate English medium schools to RTE ACT.” We had reminded him the UN’s COVID-19 response, alongside the health response, led by WHO, and the Global 100 crore. It has also taken steps to by the national-wide lockdown due Humanitarian Response Plan. waive the school fee for three and the department June 24 but provide employment under MGN- to Covid-19 pandemic. months. Basudev Bhatt, chairman still no results, they added. OHRC comes to differently-abled woman’s rescue SANITISATION AT HC The Commission directs Bolangir Collector to ensure immediate transfer of the specially-abled anganwadi worker

POST NEWS NETWORK The District Social Bhubaneswar, July 5: The Odisha Welfare Officer Human Rights Commission (OHRC) (DSWO) has also has directed the Bolangir Collector to ensure transfer of a differently- reportedly approved abled anganwadi worker to a cen- the mutual transfer. tre near her residence with imme- diate effect. But it was stopped due The directive came in response to the orders by the to a petition filed by the anganwadi worker, Mamatarani Panda. anganwadi centre (B), which is lo- “She also requested the author- sub-collector According to the petition, a differ- cated just few meters away from ities to consider her plight. Without ently-abled Panda used to commute her residence, after the worker in- paying heed to her request, the au- charge of anganwadi centre and to the Chudapali anganwadi centre charge of the centre died January thorities, however, appointed an- herself. The District Social Welfare (C), which was about two kilometres 24, 2017. other person at the Chudapali cen- Officer (DSWO) has also report- away from her residence, with her As Chudapali centre was nearby, tre November 14, 2019,” said a source edly approved the mutual transfer. brother. However, things turned Panda applied for a regular en- quoting Panda’s plea. But it was stopped due to the orders upside down as her brother died gagement at the centre when the au- With no relief in sight, Panda by the sub-collector. November 20, 2015. thorities released an advertisement approached the OHRC. She had The OHRC asked the DSWO and On the other hand, she was given for the vacant position at the cen- even applied for mutual transfer sub-collector to submit a report in The Orissa High Court in Cuttack being thoroughly sanitised, Sunday, after one of its employees was tested positive the additional charge of Chudapali tre. between the incumbent worker in- this regard by August 7. for Covid-19 Politicians fume over BMC’s NO BOL ‘undemocratic’ ban on rallies BOM An empty Gadagadia ghat in Mahanadi POST NEWS NETWORK demonstrations in the city until fur- THE GHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR SPOT FOR BOL BOM DEVOTEES OF SEVERAL DISTS TO COLLECT THE HOLY WATER ther notice. “This is very undemo- Bhubaneswar, July 5: With the cratic and violates the constitutional civic authority clamping down on rights to protest. Those who violate POST NEWS NETWORK public congregations and gatherings the Covid guidelines should be taken in the City amidst soaring Covid- care by the law. This does not mean Cuttack, July 5: Gadagadia ghat I have been undertaking 19 cases, political leaders here have all should be held accountable for the of Mahanadi in the Silver City here Bol Bom Yatra and pouring called bans on rallies and demon- mistakes of few. Thus, the BMC will remain empty in the Hindu strations as undemocratic. should withdraw its order imme- month of Shravan (July/August) as holy water on Shiva Lings The Bhubaneswar Municipal diately,” said Samajwadi Party the state government has banned for last 30 years. Lord Corporation (BMC), Friday, initi- Odisha unit’s president, Rabindra this year’s Bol Bom Yatra due to Shiva has been kind to my ated FIR against five political outfits Nath Behera. the Covid-19 outbreak. family. The novel and civil organisations who were in- However, citing clauses 4(a) (iv) Gadagadia ghat of Mahanadi is coronavirus outbreak has volved in protests and rallies. Citing and 8 (e) of recently issued Odisha the most popular spot for Bol Bom hindered this year’s yatra gross violation of Covid-19 guidelines, Government guidelines, the BMC devotees of several districts to col- HADIBANDHU PRADHAN | DEVOTEE the civic authority, Saturday, or- in its order stated that these ac- lect the holy water. Every year, thou- dered complete ban on rallies and tivities are temporarily restricted. sands of devotees gather at This year, I am unable to Gadagadia ghat to collect water return to Odisha for the from Mahanadi and begin their yatra in the wake of journey to various Shiva temples in Covid-19 outbreak. Now, I CIVIC WOES several districts including Cuttack, have heard that the state Dhenkanal, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh government has banned and Jagatsinghpur. this year’s yatra due to The Bol Bom devotees usually the pandemic. I will try to collect the holy water Friday and pour holy water on the Saturday in the month of July and Shiva Ling at a shrine August and they pour the water on close to my work place Shiva lings at various temples File photo of devotees collecting holy water from the Gadagadia ghat of Mahanadi in Cuttack Monday morning. TUKUNA BEHERA | DEVOTEE Dhabaleshwar shrine near Gadagadia ghat to collect holy roadside vending stalls usually come on Shiva Lings for last 30 years. Cuttack city, Kapilash temple in water from Mahanadi. Members up in the Cuttack city to sell specially- Lord Shiva has been kind to my year, I am unable to return to Dhenkanal, Lingaraj temple in of many voluntary and religious designed pots, dress materials and family. The novel coronavirus out- Odisha for the yatra in the wake Bhubaneswar, Srilokanath temple outfits also gather at the ghat to water-carrying sticks to the Bol break has hindered this year’s of Covid-19 outbreak. Now, I have in Puri, Ladubaba Peeth in provide food and service to the Bom devotees. “This year, no vend- yatra,” said Hadibandhu Pradhan, heard that the state government Nayagarh and Grameshwar tem- devotees. The entire atmosphere ing stall has come up to deal in a devotee. has banned this year’s yatra due ple in Jagatsinghpur district are is filled with devotion. This year, items for Bol Bom devotees,” they “I have been working outside to the pandemic. I will try to pour some of the most popular Shaivite Gadagadia ghat will remain empty said. Devotees lament but under- Odisha for last several years. holy water on the Shiva Ling at shrines for the Bol Bom devotees. due to the ban on Bol Bom Yatra,” stand the gravity of the situation. But, I usually return to Odisha in a shrine close to my work place,” People travelling on a waterlogged Bomikhal road in Bhubaneswar soon after “Thousands of Bol Bom devo- said a local. “I have been undertaking Bol the month of Shravan every year said Tukuna Behera, another

the Capital city witnessed heavy rain, Sunday OP PHOTO tees usually congregate at the According to the locals, many Bom Yatra and pouring holy water to undertake Bol Bom Yatra. This devotee.

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Thousands of trees felled for highway answer sheets Social security goes

k y m overturns in Boudh for toss in Kalahandi c expansion, no compensatory plantation POST NEWS NETWORK Kesinga, July 5: Hundreds of de- serving beneficiaries do not get POST NEWS NETWORK old age as well as widow allowances ECOCIDE ON RISE in Kantesira panchayat in Kesinga Keonjhar, July 5: The expansion n NH-20 and NH-49 cross each other at the POST NEWS NETWORK block of Kalahandi district. works of two National Highways - heart of Keonjhar town It has been learnt that over a NH 20 and 49, which pass through Boudh, July 5: A truck carrying hundred widows and ninety elderly n Keonjhar district, were undertaken Earlier, there used to be thousands of answer sheets of the annual HSC persons have been passing through at the cost of thousands of trees of umbrageous trees on the either sides of these examination conducted by the tough times amid the coronavirus- great ecological importance. But NHs, providing natural shade and canopy to Board of Secondary Education induced lockdown restrictions. commuters nothing discernible has so far been (BSE) overturned on National Allegedly, genuine beneficiaries of Empowerment Enabling done to replenish the lost greenery. n The expansion works of two highways were Highway-57 near Khajuripada in Kurlupada, Kantesira, Tahasira, Transparency and Accountability Expressing their concern, people undertaken at the cost of thousands of trees of this district Sunday. Gethipada and Harijanpada vil- (PEETHA) programme of the state of Keonjhar town have accused the great ecological importance Reports said the evaluated an- lages have had applied for al- government. National Highway Authority of swer sheets were being carried lowances more than five times, Over hundred local villagers of India (NHAI) of not taking any n People of Keonjhar have accused the National in a truck from Titlagarh in under ambitious social security Kantesira panchayat have died steps for compensatory plantation. Highway Authority of India of not taking any Bolangir district to the BSE’s of- programme of the state over the past two years. The two National Highways cross steps for compensatory plantation fice in Cuttack. The answer sheets government. On being contacted, Kantesira each other at the heart of the town. were reportedly damaged in the in- Despite running from pillar to panchayat executive officer (PEO) Earlier, there used to be thousands teak trees were felled. of NH-49. The pictures of these complaining of the air pollution lev- cident while the Boudh police post and submitting all necessary Abhimanyu Naik said, “I have al- of umbrageous trees on the either According to the information two NHs have now been completely els in the district that has increased reached the spot and launched an documents for the purpose, below ready submitted documents of all sides of these NHs, providing nat- available at the forest department, changed, with hardly any tree by to a great extent in addition to investigation. The incident oc- poverty line (BPL), scheduled caste the applicants to block ural shade and canopy to com- during the four-laning work of NH- the roadside. Commuters are hardly soaring temperatures. curred when the driver lost con- and scheduled tribe beneficiaries authorities.’ muters. 20, 46,495 trees from forested lands getting any tree shade to take rest The local people said it should trol over the wheels. As a result, here have not been granted the al- Giving his views, local sarpanch These trees along NH-20 from and about 50,000 trees from non- during their journey. It affects be the imperative of the govern- the truck skidded off the road and lowances. The local administra- Jitendranath Brahma said, “In Panikoili to Rajamunda and NH-49 forested and private lands were mostly those road side villagers ment to strike a balance between overturned. The driver suffered tion has been in limbo for the past fact, there are a number of gen- from Turumunga to Binjhbahal felled. Similarly, a whooping 65,298 who cover short distances on these development and environment critical injuries in the mishap and two years, the beneficiaries allege. uine beneficiaries in this region. were sacrificed on the pretext of trees from forested lands and about NHs on foot on a daily basis. preservation. They urged the gov- was rushed in an ambulance to the During FY 2018-19, only 30 ben- Some applicants have been suf- development. Besides many fruit 60,000 trees from non-forested lands Apart from losing the shade ernment to take steps for roadside Boudh district headquarters eficiaries of this area were sanc- fering like anything for the past bearing trees, sal, piasal, neem and were cut down during the expansion along these roads, people are also plantation. hospital. tioned allowances under the Peoples two years.” 1 killed, 6 injured in group clash Heavy police deployment in Ganjam for virus control POST NEWS NETWORK BATTLE AGAINST COVID 7-day complete 2 COVID WARRIORS AMONG 5 INFECTED IN MAYURBHANJ Khallikote, July 5: A man was BARIPADA: As COVID-19 infections are on the rise in Mayurbhanj, emergence of local cases killed and six others were ren- shutdown in Barbil in some pockets of the district has been a cause of worry for the administration. The district dered critical in a group clash at had reported 28 new cases Saturday while six more cases were detected Sunday, taking the Pathara village under Khallikote KEONJHAR: After 11 fresh COVID-19 pos- tally to 259. Of the six fresh cases, two are ‘Covid warriors’, one case was detected from block of Ganjam district itive cases emerged Sunday from Barbil, the quarantine centre while three were found at the local level. The fresh cases were reported Friday night. district administration decided to enforce from Betanoti, Shuliapada, Badasahi and Baripada. In a bid to stop the possibility of The warring groups clashed a complete shutdown of seven days in the community transmission, the administration has started contact tracing of people who have over liquor trade in the area. town beginning Monday. This information come in contact with the three locally infected people. People in some areas were panicked According to a source, one group was given Sunday by District Collector over possibility of the community transmission of the virus. The administration has been was attacked by another which Ashish Thakare who said that the step is striving to ensure wearing of mask and social distancing at all places. was supported by the local liquor necessary to prevent the spread of the mafia. Five young men were sitting virus. Briefing reporters, Thakare said, at a community centre at Majhi “Keonjhar district has reported 25 new 14-day quarantine for returnees of these districts Sahi Chhak when they were at- COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Out of tacked by some miscreants led by them 11 are local contacts and are from ROURKELA: In a bid to rival group’s Dhanu Palei and Barbil town. As chance of community save the residents of Tophan Palei - both from spread of the deadly disease is high, we have Rourkela from COVID-19 Odia Sahi. declared shutdown of seven days in the community transmission The injured youths including the town beginning Monday. The shutdown the administration has en- deceased, Pintu Das (Pinku), were Representative picture restrictions will help us carry out active sur- forced strict quarantine immediately rushed to MKCG veillance and contact tracing activities in norms in the city for re- Medical College and Hospital Barbil.” Sources said the remaining 14 turnees and travellers com- Berhampur, where Pintu suc- POST NEWS NETWORK The DSPs will supervise check posts, positive cases have travel history to other ing from outside the city, cumbed to injuries. The injured shutdown, lockdown, awareness campaigns, states. Thirteen of these cases have been Sunday. “Anyone who stays youths are Ranjan Bhanga, Dhruba Chhatrapur, July 5: Considering the se- social distancing norms, sanitisation, health detected from TMCs and one was under even for five hours out of Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, of BPUT. Then as per the ad- Tahala, Suman Subudhi and riousness of the COVID-19 situation in check up of infected police officers and home quarantine. the city will have to spend Mayurbhanj, Ganjam, vice of the doctor they will Sanjaya Subudhi, who were later Ganjam district, which is the worst hit in staff, home quarantine and restrictions on The patients are from Harichandanpur, 14-day home quarantine or Balasore, Nayagarh, be shifted to institutional shifted to other hospitals. the state, DGP Abhay deputed four DSPs and supply of non-essential commodities. Ghatagaon, Patana, Keonjhar block and institutional quarantine as Keonjhar, Jharsuguda and or paid quarantine or home The group clash triggered ten- four platoons of force to the district. Notably, the state government Saturday de- Hatadihi. Reports said the 11 new cases in per the instruction of the Gajapati, added Naravane. quarantine. The adminis- sion in the area and villagers of The DSPs are Himanshu Sekhar Behera, puted two IAS and six OAS officers to the dis- Barbil town had come in contact with city administration,” in- The decision was taken after tration further clarified that Khatia Sahi blocked the village Tapan Kumar Mahananda, Gunanidhi trict to manage the situation arising out of COVID-19 patients. They had also attended formed Additional District 66 new COVID-19 cases were quarantine norm will also main road, demanding arrest of the Mallick and Ritesh Kumar Mohapatra and the coronavirus pandemic. The IAS officers some meetings and public gatherings. Magistrate Aboli Sunil detected from Sundargarh be applicable for workers accused. They also ransacked they have been given charges of Aska, are Parul Patawari and Vishal Singh, who have “Necessary action will be taken against Naravane. district in last 24 hours. As from other districts. For some roadside shops. Palpable Bhanjanagar, Chhatrapur and been appointed as special ADMs, Ganjam, in- the people responsible for spread of the The norm will be strictly per the 14-day quarantine those coming to Rourkela tension prevailed in the area. Purusottampur sub-divisions respectively. charge of Chatrapur and Bhanjanagar sub- disease after their recovery,” the Collector applicable for the people norm, people after their ar- and returning within 72 Police, meanwhile, detained two Reports of COVID-19 guidelines being divisions. The OAS officers include Sudhakar said. With the fresh cases, the COVID-19 tally coming from 14 COVID-19 rival in Rourkela city from hours, they will not have to persons after registering a case. flouted are continuously flowing in from dif- Nayak, Padmanav Behera, Lokanath in Keonjhar district has gone up to 182. hotspot districts including the above 14 districts will register themselves, but Police suspect past enmity be- ferent parts of the district in spite of fines Dalabehera, Shaktikanta Ray, Chittaranjan Among them 81 are still active while 101 per- Khurda, Cuttack, Bhadrak, have to register their names they cannot join the local hind the incident. There had been being collected from the violators. Mohanta and Suvendra Kumar. sons have recovered. Bolangir, Puri, at the registration counter people here. tussles between the two groups over production of country made liquor and bootlegging. 14-year-old girl kills self over STRICT VIGIL Sorcerer thrashed Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide by villagers tive of Mahisanpur village under Chikiti block in Ganjam district POST NEWS NETWORK hanged herself with her scarf, June 18. Family members rushed her Mahakalapada, July 5: A sor- to the Chikiti community health cerer who was hired by a villager centre and subsequently shifted to rectify his bad planetary ef- her to the MKCG Medical College fects eventually ended up being and Hospital in Berhampur where beaten up severely by the vil- she succumbed while undergoing lagers. The incident was reported treatment, Sunday morning. Police from Kharinasi village under registered a case and sent the body Mahakalapada block in for post-mortem. Kendrapara district. The deceased, a student of Class- According to a source, IX and daughter of CH Sashi and Biswanath Mandal from POST NEWS NETWORK CH Narsingha, was depressed ever Kharinasi village under Jamboo since the popular cine actor com- marine police limits had a pro- Berhampur, July 5: Stressed over mitted suicide at his Mumbai longed enmity with his neigh- the suicide of Hindi film actor residence. bour Manoranjan Mandal over Sushant Singh Rajput, a 14-year-old In the wake of the shocking in- some issues. female fan of the actor committed cident, the girl had asked various Believing whatever mental suf- suicide by hanging in Ganjam dis- questions to her mother, sister and ferings he had been undergoing trict, Sunday. friends enquiring about the was owing to his bad planetary The deceased, CH Mamata, a na- actor’s death. Amid shutdown, police checking violation of Covid guidelines on a street in Sambalpur OP PHOTO position, he employed a sorcerer named Balai Ghadei from Paradip area to conduct some specific ‘graha shanti’ rituals aimed at fixing the planetary effects. MAFIA STRIPS HILL OF GREENERY IN SUNDARGARH While the sorcerer was per- forming the rituals at POST NEWS NETWORK ment is losing revenue worth crores ILLEGAL STONE MINING ear-shattering explosions. Houses aware of this fact, raising many eye- Biswanath’s house Saturday of rupees owing to the illegal ac- of Mukut Lagun (a BSF jawan), brows. night, his neighbour Manoranjan Kuanrmunda, July 5: At a time tivity. Anthony Lagun and Nelson Lagun Upset over illegal stone mining, got a sense of it. He let the entire when the administrative machin- Granite stone quarrying is going have developed cracks, it was al- villagers of Dhangrinacha ap- village know about the rituals fol- ery is busy dealing with unprece- on just 2 km from the tehsil office, leged. Locals alleged that the mafia proached the tehsildar and ap- lowing which the villagers as- dented Covid-19 situation in the but forest and revenue departments has been supplying stone to some prised him of various problems sembled in front of Biswanath’s state, the stone mafia has been on are doing nothing to check the il- stone crushing units at due to stone mining. They de- house and later nabbed sorcerer a looting spree in Patratoli hill legal activity, despite repeated com- Biramitrapur, Bijabahal and other manded immediate halt to the il- Ghadai, tied his hands and took under Biramitrapur tehsil in plaints, locals alleged. areas every day. legal mining. Acting upon the com- him out of the house along with Sundargarh district. The area was The hill is increasingly losing its Due to plying of the heavy ve- plaint, the tehsildar visited all puja articles. once rich with greenery, but sadly existence due to the stone mining. hicles, the rural roads are getting Dhangrinacha village and inspected They also informed the police the hilly terrain is fast losing its Locals, environmentalists and damaged, they lamented. The ex- the cracks in the houses, but did not

about the entire episode. While flora and fauna due to rampant wildlife activists voiced their con- panding stone quarry has left an take any action against the mafia.

k y m c Biswanath’s family members are stone mining, a report said. cern over the increasing threat to adverse impact on the ecology with The locals warned of agitation not coming out of their house Apart from stone, other minor the hill. a number of trees being felled on if the tehsil administration fails to fearing the wrath of villagers, minerals like sand and murram The mafia has been carrying a daily basis. When all such illegal act against the illegal stone mining. the cops were yet to reach the are also looted with impunity in the out explosions in the hill while activities are taking place in broad They urged the district adminis- village at the time of filing of same area for the last one year. scores of excavators and heavy ve- night. The nearby residents have while their houses have report- daylight, the forest and revenue tration to take step against stone this report. On the other hand, the govern- hicles are being engaged day and lost their sleep over explosions edly developed cracks owing to departments pretend to be not mining in the area. P6 MONDAY | JULY 6 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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t is a global world. One button China, Pakistan and some Al Qaeda switches off, another opens. As type terrorists apparently are India gets into a stand-off with working in tandem. The Russian VACCINE NOT IChina, there are other players clout can keep China in check who stand to gain. Russia is emerg- though expenses for border man- ing as a supplier of critical arms agement increase. China is also an and aircraft to many players, in- energy ally of Russia and is keen CHILD’S PLAY cluding India and China, though on having the deal of $400 ‘Power some Russian weapons are subject of Siberia’ gas. Russia-China ties, ood news is that two Indian firms have come up with claims to have to American sanctions. however, are reportedly under developed vaccines for Covid-19. This comes with a rider that the fast- Yet China is not a major loser. some strain as Russia supplies Gtrack mode in which the vaccines are claimed to have been developed It still has an advantage on vari- more to India. Moscow is stated to and scheduled for trial might not have seen full compliance with safety reg- ous goods it exports to India for the be more comfortable working with ulations vis-à-vis their efficacy and the likely hazards or side-effects they could quantity, prices and in many cases India for a variety of reasons, in- create for human life. Covaxin, developed by Hyderabad based Bharat quality. Despite some fall in Chinese cluding intellectual property rights. Biotech and ZyCov-D, developed by Zydus Cadila have been approved for Phase FDI in India, New Delhi has to The Chinese market accounts for $2.4 billion of Infringements of IPR have re- I and II trials this past week. work hard to reduce imports from portedly helped China produce While the good news is making people happy, the medical community of China. The blocking of 59 apps is all Russian sales a year. It, though, is a small similar weaponries on their own. India is extremely perturbed by the haste being shown by the Indian Council a symbolic step against China’s bel- part of total Chinese procurements worth $31 Still the Chinese market accounts of Medical Research to push Covaxin and make it available for public usage ligerence on the borders from for $2.4 billion of all Russian sales by 15 August 2020. Critics claim the date has more to do with political histri- Arunachal Pradesh to Ladakh. It billion. Chinese imports from Russia reduced a year. It, though, is a small part of onics on the occasion of Independence Day and not so much on sensible sci- Shivaji Sarkar hurts China but the crisis has trig- over the years … China is also an energy ally of total Chinese procurements worth entific research guidelines as set by global standards. gered the swadeshi, indigenous $31 billion. Chinese imports from According to a detailed report published by the World Economic Forum, production move. Meetings with Russia and is keen on having the deal of $400 Russia reduced over the years. there are over 100 studies underway across the world to find a vaccine for RUSSIAN DEALS industry and policy makers have ‘Power of Siberia’ gas For geo-political interests, in Covid-19. Vaccination is one of the world’s most successful health interventions, started and this may likely change the wake of US-NATO-Europe saving as many as 3 million lives every year. But costs, conflict and vaccine WITH CHINA the Indian manufacturing as well sanctions on Russia following the hesitancy are among the barriers. However, according to the WEF article, ADD TO THE as rules and taxation system. The Meanwhile, western countries are late 1990s’ deals with Russia with Ukraine crisis, Moscow intensified development of any vaccine could still take a very long time. In the first dis- Delhi High Court’s direction to e- not selling their sophisticated Sukhois during the United Front its ties with China in all sectors sig- covery/research phase, up to 100 potential vaccines take anything between CAPABILITIES OF commerce platforms to display arms to China for fear they will be period to be followed up by the nificantly since 2014. Chinese 2-5 years. In the second pre-clinical stage, around 20 potential vaccines take CHINESE AIR the country of origin of products outwitted by the Dragon. Atal Behari Vajpayee government. President Xi Jinping visited nearly 2 years. In the third stage of clinical development, which is also is also likely to strengthen local India has been a trusted ally of Russia in a joint venture is pro- Moscow during Russian Victory called Phase I, in which it is tested for safety, 10 potential vaccines consume FORCE IN EAST manufacturing. the Russians since 1960s and the ducing Kalashnikov rifles at Amethi, Day parade. Putin paid back the 1-2 years. In Phase II of the clinical development, 5 potential vaccines are AND SOUTH India has made some small days of 25-year-friendship treaty Krivak frigates in Goa, selling visit in September 2015 to join tested whether they activate an immune response, which takes between 2- strides in defence production. with Soviet Union by former Prime Kamov 226T helicopters and is sup- Chinese celebrations of the 70th 3 years. In Phase III, one potential vaccine is tested whether it protects CHINA SEA. IN A Total indigenous defence manu- Minister Indira Gandhi in early plying almost 58 per cent of India’s anniversary of victory over Japan. against the disease and that test carries on for 2-4 years. Finally, that one suc- facturing will not be easy. Even 1970s is still fresh in our minds. defence needs. It has signed 15 So the boycott of apps apart, cessful vaccine could take 1-2 years for regulatory review and approval. In WAY, IT IS the United States is dependent on India has been recipient of many MoUs in areas such as defence, air, India has to hone up its policies to all, it could take about 10 years and cost US $500 million. DEVELOPING Europe for many supplies. India technologies, tools, arms and air- and maritime connectivity, to open counter Beijing in a number of Dr Jerome Kim, Director General of the International Vaccine Institute has diversified supplies for strate- craft. Recall that MiG 21 and 27 air- a maritime route from Chennai to ways. The wordy duel apart, India has said that the speed with which researchers and pharmaceutical companies INTO A WIDER gic reasons; and with suppliers’ ef- craft were once the pride of the Vladivostok, train Indian astro- has to leverage its Russian relations have responded to the coronavirus pandemic has been “unprecedented”. While REPEAT OF THE forts in its basket, the country can Indian Air Force. India also op- nauts for the manned Gaganyaan to contain China, make more diplo- Dr Kim’s statement may indicate that the urgency demonstrated by re- further strengthen indigenous erates three squadrons of agile space project, expand bilateral matic moves so that its expan- searchers across the world may result in an earlier than a decade timeline COLD WAR production, a process the nation MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters upgraded trade to $30 billion by 2025, sell sionism is kept under check. for development of a Covid-19 vaccine, yet a reliable and efficient one is hu- started since Independence. Russia, with additional fuel stores, new LNG and have energy partnership. By addressing the jawans at manly impossible to be produced by August 15, 2020, a date initially set by however, remains a strong sup- radars, modernised avionics and In short, Russia contributes sig- Leh, Modi has declared that India Balaram Bhargava, Director, ICMR. plier not only to India but to China air-to-ground capabilities. nificantly to PM Narendra Modi’s has the military capability, courage The allegation that it is not science but politics that is driving India’s Covid too. The Russian economy needs In a $847 million deal, MiG will ‘Make in India’ effort. and diplomatic wherewithal to vaccine race may sound acceptable to many citizens. It is not only India that stability, markets and it would not upgrade jets to the MiG UPG over On the surface, it looks good protect its borders. Russian gains is working for this particular vaccine but many other medically advanced mind supplying similar wares to about the next two years. The for India. But Russia considers can be turned into an Indian gain. countries known for their research and abilities in developing new pharma both the countries. Russian agreement to upgrade 29 China a natural ally and recently The policy path of high prices, ir- products have been actively pursuing development of the vaccine. Countries First, let’s find out what Russia MiG airframes is seen as a good asserted that relations are now at rational restrictions, penalties like Italy, Israel, Germany, US and interestingly, China itself, among others is supplying to China. The list is move. A move to sell these to their best. Cornered by the US and considering defaulters as crim- have been slogging away since early this year at this task. The task is defi- not exhaustive. Russian Rostec Algeria could not succeed. sanctions, Russia is reaching out inals has to change. Modi has nitely not an easy one, especially since this virus is a new life form that has supplies 24 upgraded maneuver- Interestingly, Russia has offered to East Asia, which is now divided taken care of Indians’ belly with come to human attention barely a year ago. able Sukhoi Su-35 since 2015 worth similar deals to China also for between the US on one side and `90,000 crore worth free food grains Therefore, it would be wise not to endanger human lives and rush through over $2 billion. It also supplies many weapon systems. China and Russia on the other. till November; he also has to step an imperfect research just for personal aggrandizement and scoring points. ground support equipment and All suppliers consider India to Russian deals with China add to up efforts to hit the Chinese belly It is an accepted fact that India has been in the forefront of producing reserve aircraft engines. China be a reliable partner as it does not the capabilities of Chinese Air without affecting Indian exports. generic medicines. That however does not make this country capable of ex- has been Russia’s most important infringe on copyright or goes into Force in East and South China Transformed rules and astute pedited research into unknown frontiers of medicine. So, these developments arms customers, including Su-27. production of clones without a Sea. In a way, it is developing into moves can ease the process of take a long time for good reasons and there are no short and sweet paths to Foreign sales are important to technology transfer deal. Despite a wider repeat of the cold war. home production and create a vi- success. Patience and diligence are the mainstay of any research. This is a Russia for maintaining its mili- some deviation by India to some This scenario strengthens Russia brant India that should make great opportunity for India to show the world community that it has the where- tary production industries. western technologies, it revived the and may not be bad for India, as Beijing wonder what hit it. INFA withal and human resource to achieve what it sets its heart on. This should not be lost out on petty interests. The only good vaccine is one that saves lives without jeopardizing them. SPECTRUM ISRO WISDOM CORNER

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. IMMANUEL KANT Private pie in global Space economy Courage is a love affair with the unknown. OSHO he decision of the Union Second, if the competence is cre- Disaster Management. For satellite is a manned mission, it is impera- Cabinet to open up the coun- ated among private players to pro- Coming events cast their shadows before them. CHINESE PROVERB applications such as earth obser- tive that no compromise is done Ttry’s Space sector for pri- duce the entire range of satellites vation data and analytics, various with the safety of the astronauts, vate participation has come as a and launch vehicles, they could state governments would also be the and they have to be safely returned welcome response from many eventually capture the global mar- major customers. Hence, the do- to Earth after accomplishing the mis- WORDSWORTH quarters including the highly re- ket, taking advantage of the lower mestic Space market, once created, sion objectives in Space. Hence, the spected ISRO. running costs in India as a stepping would survive on its own as there entire range of activities from ISRO chairman K Sivan has said stone. This, in turn, could help in would be no deficiency of cus- launch to re-entry has to be exe- Stramonium the step would not only result in the the creation of a vibrant Space in- tomers within the country. cuted by ISRO in a flawless manner accelerated growth of the sector but dustry in the domestic market that Finally, given the large pool of en- so as for it to establish itself as one his is a modern Latin word of uncertain origin, which perhaps derives Nikunja Bihari Sahu also enable Indian industry be an can match some of the best estab- gineers and highly skilled human of the leading and credible Space Tfrom a dialectal variation of the Tartar turman, meaning a horse medicine. important player in the global lishments in Space, IT and biotech resources available here, Indian agencies of the world. For this, It identifies a mixture of alkaloids such as atropine and hyoscyamine that Space economy. sectors around the world. companies and foreign Space com- ISRO has to mainly concentrate on were at one time used as a narcotic drug. The Greeks knew of its ISRO CAN NOW The far-reaching reforms in the Third, despite the presence of panies would hopefully attract part- innovations rather than wasting hallucinogenic and disinhibiting effects. Stramonium was extracted from the FOCUS MORE Space sector announced by the cab- nearly 100 companies around the nerships from foreign markets to es- time and manpower over trivial leaves and flowering tops of the thornapple (Daturastramonium), a narcotic inet are primarily aimed at boost- globe building satellites and other tablish large-scale manufacturing jobs that can easily be outsourced. plant better known in the US as devil weed or jimsonweed because it ON R&D ing private participation in the en- Space-based infrastructure, global hubs and service facilities in India. The opening of the country’s poisoned colonists at the early settlement of Jamestown in Virginia (jimson tire range of the country’s space trends show governments in- This would lead to the flourishing Space sector for private partici- being a corruption of Jamestown).The drug was in the British Pharmacopaeia ACTIVITIES AND activities. Private firms will now be creasingly prefer their own players and streamlining of the sector. pation would save ISRO of many un- for centuries as a drug with narcotic and hypnotic effects and had an INNOVATIONS AND allowed to use the facilities and for awarding contracts to cater to The latest announcement comes necessary involvements in its hec- honourable place there in the treatment of asthma right up to the end of the infrastructure of ISRO for building their domestic demands rather as ISRO prepares for its third tic schedule and would come as an Second World War; it is still used in homoeopathic medicine. It has also been DEVELOPING satellites, for launching rockets, than relying on foreign vendors. planned lunar exploration mission opportunity for accomplishing used by various peoples as an hallucinogen. CUTTING EDGE and for participating in many Space- Hence, the decision to open up the Chandrayaan-3 and its first manned many technological breakthroughs based activities including plane- Space sector to private parties would mission to Space, Gaganyaan. As and challenging tasks in Space as Strickle TECHNOLOGIES tary explorations. The outcome of help shape a vibrant domestic mar- the earlier Chadrayaan-2 project demanded by the hour. Hence, the FOR FUTURE SPACE this policy is many-faceted. ket. This would eventually help had not been able to achieve the de- decision of the cabinet is a signif- First, this would allow ISRO to materialise the cause of a self-reliant sired mission objectives because of icant reform long-overdue. This or us moderns, this word hides its light under a bushel, which is EXPLORATIONS focus more on R&D and innova- India (Atmanirbhar Bharat). the crash-landing of the Vikram will make India internationally Fappropriate because bushel and strickle go together like a horse and tions and developing cutting-edge Fourth, for Indian Space com- Lander minutes before its touch- more competent, foster innovation carriage or fish and chips. A bushel is an ancient volume measure for dry technologies for future Space ex- panies, the biggest customers for down, ISRO has to quickly revisit in Space exploration and increase commodities, wheat in particular, equivalent to eight English gallons or plorations. It can leave the routine their satellites and launch serv- its strategies and come up with utilisation of public infrastruc- about 36 litres. In the proverbial phrase the bushel is the container for activities like satellite development ices would be the various govern- new technological innovations to ture built over the last five decades. measuring out the wheat, eminently suitable for a light to shyly hide under. and medium resolution imaging ment departments such as achieve the mission objectives of The writer is Education Officer, A true bushel was level measure, not heaped. The container was filled to to competent local industries. Meteorological, Defence, and Chandrayaan-3. Since Gaganyaan Regional Science Centre, Bhopal overflowing and a straight-edged piece of wood, the strickle, was used to push off the surplus corn that stood above its edges. The Oxford English Dictionary traces it to Old English, though then it meant a pulley or a teat. It is very probably not the same word. Wooden tools of similar kind are Govt schools, jobs Priyanka’s plight Gita, life recorded in English dialect under names such as strike, stroke, strick and stritch. Scots have straik in senses that match, such as straik measure for Sir, The recent decision by the Jharkhand government that Sir, According to Congress Sir, The Bhagavad Gita has monumental sig- level measure; this seems to be from stroke. It’s more likely that strickle is only those educated from government institutions shall be spokesperson Randeep Singh nificance for mankind; more so, in these times. from the action of striking off surplus material. etters provided with jobs in government service might be ques- Surjewala, PM Narendra It contains pearls of wisdom from the speeches tioned in court. But, what is important is also that the Modi and his government of Lord Krishna. The essence of Bhagavad Gita standards of government schools and colleges must improve. are blinded by rage, hatred is of ‘selfless service without aiming for the TOL THE EDITOR In 2016, the Allahabad High Court had proposed that all gov- and revenge against the fruits of our actions’. Desire, anger and greed are LOL Readers of Orissa POST ernment employees should send their wards to nearby Congress leadership. This the three gateways to hell. Whether in pleasure know what are most welcome to contribute letters government-run educational institutions or deposit half is a wrong notion. All are or pain, success or failure, breakdown or break- Unanswered question ‘honest’ (200 words), articles and their salaries back to the government. This call has not been equal before law. Those like through, one should maintain one’s poise, bal- columns (between 750-1250 worldwide survey was conducted meant. In words). Contributors are heeded. Almost all the government servants’ children are Priyanka Vadra are also not ance and equanimity. The blessed is the one who Aby the UN. The only question Western Europe they requested to send their admitted in private English-medium schools. Jharkhand above this. Government yearns for divine blessings without any strings asked was: “Would you please give didn’t know what contact numbers and full education minister Jagarnath Mahato stated that those com- houses given out on rent are attached. Life is a journey of awareness from mo-

your honest opinion about solutions ‘shortage’ meant. In China they didn’t postal address/email ID. They may also ing up from govt-run schools and colleges shall get pref- not a permanent arrange- ment to moment. Lord Krishna urges mankind

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c to the food shortage in the rest of the know what ‘opinion’ meant. In the and suggestions, preferably by email, erence in recruitments for government jobs. This, on the ment. When asked, occu- to battle through the vicissitudes of life with a world?” The survey was a huge Middle East they didn’t know what to: [email protected] ground that the government is incurring about `25,000 pants must vacate. Proper rational mind. The valiant never flees from the failure. ‘solution’ meant. In South America per child a year for education. Will the Odisha govern- serving of notice for evic- battlefield of life. Nature compels him to fight. Why so? they didn’t know what ‘please’ meant. ment take a cue from this and also maintain better education tion is a must. The union of the soul with the super soul is the In Africa they didn’t know what ‘food’ And in the USA, they didn’t know what B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, standards in state-run schools and colleges? Naresh Mandal, essence of the Bhagavad Gita. meant. In Eastern Europe they didn’t ‘the rest of the world’ meant. Bhubaneswar-751010 Janaki Ballav Dash, MAYURBHANJ BHADRAK Prabhudutt Dash, BHUBANESWAR MADHYA DELHI P7 PRADESH

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k y m TUSSLE OVER PORTFOLIOS ON With ‘Covid-19 War Room’, Delhi c Chouhan could visit Delhi again to take up the issue of portfolio to monitor its fight against virus allocation with the central leadership PRESS TRUST OF INDIA LG inaugurates world’s largest virus facility New Delhi, July 5: The Delhi gov- elhi Lieutenant INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ernment will set up a 'COVID-19 War PULLS AND PRESSURES Room', which will 24x7 monitor DGovernor Anil Bhopal, July 5: Even as the second the city's fight against the novel Baijal inaugurated the THE TOTAL STRENGTH OF SCINDIA'S CAMP 10,000-bed Sardar expansion of the Shivraj Singh coronavirus, and suggest meas- IN THE MINISTRY IS NOW 14, AS TWO Patel COVID care Chouhan Cabinet in Madhya FORMER MLAs WERE ALREADY IN THE ures to effectively deal with the centre, the "largest" Pradesh has been finally done after COUNCIL OF MINISTERS prevailing situation, officials said of its kind in the hiccups over shortlisting of prospec- Sunday. world, at the Radha tive ministers, pulls and pressures WHILE THE NEW INDUCTEES ARE MAKING The 'COVID-19 War Room', which Soami Satsang Beas are still going on regarding the al- EFFORTS TO BAG COVETED is being set up at the Delhi here Sunday. The location of portfolios to the new DEPARTMENTS, THOSE IN CHARGE OF Secretariat, will be manned by centre has been set inductees. MORE THAN ONE PORTFOLIO ARE TRYING around 25 experts. It is expected to up in Chhatarpur for On July 2, 28 new ministers were TO RETAIN THEIR FAVOURITE ONES become operational in the next treating mild and inducted in the council of ministers, few days. asymptomatic including 12 from BJP MP According to the plan, the new coronavirus patients. Jyotiraditya Scindia's camp. Of the ters. Among those inducted on Singh Dang, Rajwardhan Singh as cabinet ministers. Bharat Singh strategic facility will cover all as- It will also serve as a 22 Congress MLAs who resigned Thursday, 20 are of cabinet rank and Dattigaon have been taken as cab- Kushwaha, Inder Singh Parmar, pects such as testing, bed strength, treatment centre for those who are asymptomatic but cannot afford home from the Congress to join the BJP, eight are ministers of state. So, inet ministers. While Brajendra Ramkhelavan Patel and Ram medical equipment, ambulance in- isolation. The centre is 1,700 feet long, 700 feet wide -- roughly the size of 20 14 are now in the expanded ministry. while the new inductees are mak- Singh Yadav, Girraj Dandotia, Kishore Kavre took oath as minis- frastructure and containment zones. football fields -- and has 200 enclosures with 50 beds each. Authorities say The sources said that the issue ing efforts to bag coveted depart- Suresh Dhakad and OPS Bhadoria ters of state.Those inducted from It will represent a snapshot of the it is the largest of its kind in the world. While the Delhi government has of portfolio was being discussed ments, those in charge of more from Scindia camp were inducted Scindia camp had resigned as leg- city's position when it comes to provided administrative support, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will both by the central BJP leadership than one portfolio are trying to re- as ministers of state. islators in March which led to the tackling the COVID-19 situation, be the nodal agency operating the centre. Volunteers from the religious sect of Radha Soami Beas will also help run the centre. and the state unit. The five minis- tain their favourite ones. The sources said that the Scindia toppling of 15-month-old Kamal the officials said, adding that Chief ters who were earlier sworn in dur- Those included in the ministry camp was interested in bagging Nath Government. All of them will Secretary Vijay Dev has directed of- ing the first expansion have been from the BJP are Gopal Bhargava, departments which were in direct contest by-polls likely to be held in ficials to set up the same as soon as also project the future require- and that the war room will operate looking after more than one de- Vijay Shah, Jagdish Devda, contact with the masses, includ- the state soon. Twenty-four Assembly possible. ments of medical infrastructure to in a centralised manner for better partments.The sources revealed Yashodhara Raje Scindia, ing rural development, panchayats, seats are vacant at present. Officials said that the 'COVID-19 deal with surging coordination among the districts. that Chouhan could visit Delhi Bhupendra Singh, Brajendra Pratap women and child welfare, home, The initial "mini" expansion of War Room' will also flag discrep- coronavirus cases. An IAS officer has been given the again to take up the issue of port- Singh and Vishwas Sarang. irrigation, transport, public rela- the Chouhan cabinet took place ancies in those areas wherein au- For instance, if there is shortage charge of this war room for better folio allocation with the central From the Scindia camp, Bisahulal tions, and food supplies. on April 21 with the induction of thorities can take steps to prepare of ambulance in the city, it will in- coordination with higher author- leadership. The total strength of Singh, Aidal Singh Kansana, Imarti From BJP Prem Singh Patel, five ministers, including two for- a robust system. form authorities about it, he said. ities in the government. The COVID- Scindia's camp in the ministry is Devi, Prabhuram Choudhary, Om Prakash Saklecha, Usha mer Congress MLAs close to The 'COVID-19 War Room' will Another official noted that the 19 War Room will have 20-25 ex- now 14, as two former MLAs were Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Thakur, Arvind Bhadoria and Scindia -- Tulsi Silawat and Govind closely monitor measures being district administration has been tak- perts who will work round-the-clock, already in the council of minis- Pradyuman Singh Tomar, Hardeep Mohan Yadav were also inducted Singh Rajput. taken by the authorities. It will ing steps in their respective areas, official said. UNLOCK 2.0 Paddling her way to excellence

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA he is proud of her achievement school where bus facility was and would now arrange a trans- available. Bhind, July 5: A 15-year-old girl's port facility for her to go to school. But after that, she shifted to a determination to pursue her stud- The teenager, a resident of Ajnol government school in Mehgaon, ies by cycling 24 km every day to village in Bhind district of located around 12 km from Ajnol, and from her school in a Madhya Chambal region, secured 98.75 where transport facility was not Pradesh village has paid off as she per cent marks and 8th rank in the available, he said. has secured 98.75 per cent marks merit list of the Madhya Pradesh Since Roshani got enrolled in in her Class 10 exams. Board of Secondary Education's Class 9 of Mehgaons Government Roshani Bhadoriya, encour- Class 10 exams, the results of Girls' School two years back, she aged by her marks, now aims which were declared on Saturday. had to cycle to reach school on higher and wants to a pursue a ca- Her father Purushottam several days due to unavailability reer in civil services. Bhadoriya told PTI that till Class of other modes of transport like The girl's father, a farmer, said 8 his daughter studied in another taxis, he said. Bhadoriya said he will now GIRLS OUTSHINE BOYS make some other transport arrangement for her to go to he Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) school. Tdeclared results for Class X exams, with girls outshining boys in the The farmer, who also has two overall pass percentage. The overall pass percentage is 62.84 per cent sons, said everybody in Ajnol is among regular students and 16.95 among private students, said MPBSE happy with her daughter's feat officials. "Girls have recorded a pass percentage of 65.87 per cent as none from the village attained against 60.09 per cent for boys among regular students. This year, a such academic success. total of 8.93 lakh regular and 2.04 lakh private students appeared for the exams," an official said. "A total of 360 candidates were in the When asked about her school Roshani Bhadoriya merit list, comprising 191 girls and 169 boys. The number of students journey experience, Roshani said, securing first class also increased. This year, 3.45 lakh candidates It was difficult to go to school on year to reach the school. My father secured first place, which is 5,540 more than last year," he added. a bicycle. Though I didnt count, also took me to school on his mo- A worker prepares to sanitise Humayun Tomb premises, during Unlock 2.0, in New Delhi, Sunday. The tomb will reopen I cycled for about 60 to 70 days a torcycle whenever he had time. for tourists from Monday PTI PHOTO ‘Cycle Yatra’ against fuel price hike With eye on bypolls, MP

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE petrol and diesel but without getting clears expressway project any response. The party hoped that New Delhi, July 5: Delhi Congress its latest campaign will be an eye- AGENCIES Incidentally, the money has been president Anil Kumar Chaudhary opener for the BJP and the AAP, who sanctioned two days after a cabinet Sunday undertook a "Cycle Yatra" would rise above narrow political Bhopal, July 5: The Madhya expansion in the state in which 10 from Connaught Place to the resi- considerations to take up the mat- Pradesh government Saturday sanc- leaders from Chambal and Gwalior dences of all 10 MPs of Delhi, to hand ter with Prime Minister Narendra tioned Rs 781 crore for an express- got berths. over letters against fuel price hike. Modi and Chief Minister Arvind way through Chambal, a region The region now has 11 minis- Delhi has 7 lok Sabha MPs, all Kejriwal, to serve the common in- which along with Gwalior accounts ters, including powerful state BJP from the BJP and 3 Rajya Sabha terest of the people of Delhi. for 16 of the 24 seats for which by- leader Narottam Mishra. MPs all from the Aam Aadmi Party. The Congress also mounted an ag- polls are needed. "So 11 MP ministers will be from The letter requested the MPs to Yatra" was to highlight the insen- of Parliament came out of their gressive social media campaign -- Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Gwalior and Chambal regions," intervene with their respective gov- sitivity of both the BJP and the houses to receive the letters." "Munafakhori_Band_Karo" as the Chouhan announced the sanc- said political analyst Keshav Pandey. ernments, to reduce the excise duty AAP governments with regard to He said, Congress was doing this continued hikes in the oil prices tioning of money for the project Twenty-two Congress MLAs, in- and VAT on petrol and diesel, to the increase in the fuel prices, dis- on behalf of the people of Delhi, and for 23 days in June have made the in a virtual meeting with Union and BJP Rajya Sabha member cluding 16 from Gwalior- Chambal, give relief to the citizens of Delhi. regarding the plight of the people. it was indeed very sad that these MPs life of the people miserable. The Road Transport and Highways Jyotiraditya Scindia, he added. had resigned from the Assembly But only Manoj Tiwari of the Lashing out at the MPs, Delhi who got elected by the votes of the Congress leaders and workers Minister Nitin Gadkari, an MP "The proposed expressway will in March, bringing down the Kamal BJP and Sanjay Singh of the AAP Congress Chief said, "It was un- citizens of Delhi, did not deem it fit strictly followed the social dis- public relations officer told PTI. have a length of 309 kilometres in Nath dispensation and paving the personally took the memorandum fortunate that barring BJP MP to personally receive the letter. tancing norms even during their The virtual meet was also at- MP and will be a connector to way for Chouhan to become CM from the Delhi Congress Chief. Manoj Tiwari and AAP MP Sanjay The Congress has been regularly cycle yatra to the residences of the tended by Union Rural Development Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh," for a fourth time. Two seats are va- Anil Kumar said that his "Cycle Singh, none of the other Members demanding to reduce the taxes on MPs, said the Congress statement. Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Chouhan said. cant due to death of legislators. Centenarian who was child during Spanish Flu survives nCoV SPANISH FLU PANDEMIC HIT THE WORLD 102 YEARS AGO AND AFFECTED NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION

TALE OF SURVIVAL PRESS TRUST OF INDIA COVID-19, he recovered faster than Organisation (WHO) report, the pan- Doctors at the RGSSH, a dedicated his son, who is also very old, a sen- demic of 1918-1919 called the Spanish COVID-19 facility were amazed to New Delhi, July 5: A centenarian ior doctor. Flu was particularly virulent, and see the recovery of this centenar- man from Delhi, who was four years Spanish Flu was a pandemic which killed an estimated 40 million peo- ian patient from the novel coron- old during the 1918 Spanish Flu, has hit the world 102 years ago, and af- ple worldwide. avirus, even though he was highly vul- survived COVID-19 and recovered fected nearly one-third of the global In India, the disease is believed to nerable to the infection. faster than his son, in his 70s, at a ded- population at that time. have been brought in by the soldiers We don't know whether he was icated coronavirus facility here, doc- The 1918 influenza pandemic was returning from World affected by the Spanish Flu or not. tors said. the most severe pandemic in recent War I conflicts. We haven't seen much documentation The 106-year-old patient was dis- history. It was caused by an H1N1 The first cases of Spanish Flu on the situation back then as far as charged from the Rajiv Gandhi Super virus with genes of avian origin. were reported in areas which are Delhi is concerned, but very few Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) recently Although there is not universal con- major ports of entry, such as Mumbai hospitals were there at that time. It after recovering, where his wife, son sensus regarding where the virus (then Bombay), Kolkata (Calcutta), is amazing this 106-year-old showed and another family member also re- originated, it spread worldwide dur- Delhi and Chennai (Madras), where the will power to survive, a senior doc- cuperated after contracting the novel ing 1918-1919, according to the Centre a large number of people returned tor, who monitored his situation,

coronavirus infection, they said. for Diseases Control (CDC) in the from abroad. said.

k y m c Perhaps, he is the first reported US. The casualty count in India from But, what is more interesting is that case of COVID-19 in Delhi who also In the US, it was first identified in the Spanish Flu is believed to be he recovered faster than his son, went through the dreaded Spanish military personnel in spring 1918. It nearly one-fifth of the entire fatali- who is in his 70s. So, he lived through He is the first reported case of COVID-19 in He not only recovered from COVID-19, he Flu pandemic of 1918 which like is estimated that about 6,75,000 deaths ties in the world, though the statis- the Spanish Flu and now survived Delhi who also went through the dreaded recovered faster than his son, who is also very COVID-19 had also ravaged the world. occurred in America, it said. tics for mortality in India are too COVID-19, hence, he lived through two old, a senior doctor Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 And, he not only recovered from According to a World Health wide-ranging and debatable. pandemics, he said. In the last one week PM MEETS PRESIDENT P8 50 murders took MONDAY | JULY 6 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR place in UP. But in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Chief Minister's publicity drive Sunday called on President UP is 'crime free'. In reality, UP Ram Nath Kovind and the two is on top in few crimes. It's leaders discussed issues of national enough. Who is accountable? and international importance, y PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA | CONGRESS Rashtrapati Bhavan officials said

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of the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE is estimated to be around `7,000 crore. Most of our migrant labourers were day uote POST-COVID "We have around 650 leather manu- shifted out in the past four months, Mumbai, July 5: As the gnawing fears CONQUEST facturers, over 500 retailers and 2,500 we are trying to bring them back... We of Covid-19 recedes from Dharavi, the others directly collaborating with usa hope to resume full-scale by September," Pondicherry local trade, business and commercial Overall, there are more than 20,000 Dharavi Garments Manufacturers has recorded activities have woken up from their big-medium-small industries thriving Association President Haji Babbu Khan a COVID-19 Dharavi four-month long hibernation and are here," Dharavi Leather Goods recovery rate of said. more than now raring to go at full steam for the Manufacturing Association (LIGMA) A Congress BMC Corporator, Khan 56 per cent kill, major players said. Working President Rajesh Sonawane said akin to leather, the garment in- raring to buzz The development comes on the heels told IANS. dustry also has clientele worldwide V NARAYANASAMY | of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Started as a workers' settlement 135 for its printed raw materials, ladies PONDICHERRY CM Corporation (BMC) effecting a gradual years ago on the outskirts of the then garments, world-class zari apparels withdrawal from Dharavi as Corona Bombay, Dharavi -- literally meaning which are used for bridal attires in Thiruvanantha- with biz deaths and patients were on the verge elleries, certain handicrafts, and do- 'quick sand' -- covers just 2.25 sq. km many countries. puram district of complete control by June-end. mestically for plastic recycling, metal housing over 200,000 families, living in "We generate around Rs.1000-crore is 'sitting on Besides notoriety as Asia's largest fabrication, household stuff, etc. congested squalid settings -- proving a business annually, support lakhs of an active volcano' slum spread over 2.25 sq.kms, Dharavi While the leather industry is among sitting duck for the Coronavirus and al- allied industries and workers' fami- with rising number also enjoys global fame for some of its the mega-money spinners contributing most pushing it to the brink in April-May. lies, we will start as soon as possible of COVID-19 cases local products, especially leather goods, around `300-crore, the total estimated "Since the past week, work has started maintaining full Covid protocols," and there is no high-end or bridal garments, jew- annual turnover from the tiny Dharavi in spurts as there is labour shortage... Khan assured. guarantee that there would be no community spread KADAKAMPALLY SURENDRAN | KERALA MINISTER POLITICKLE by MANJUL Be it poverty, ‘Dubey was tipped off deprivation, hunger or inequality, education has the answer to each of about police action’ these problems

ANAND KUMAR | SUPER 30 FOUNDER AND details of phones used by Vikas MATHEMATICIAN Dubey have revealed that he was in regular touch with the suspended station house officer of Chaubeypur, SHORT TAKES Vinay Tiwari, one police consta- ble and a home guard. 26 inmates test A senior STF official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Covid positive that Vinay Tiwari was being in- terrogated and further investiga- Chandigarh: Twenty-six inmates of Punjab's Ludhiana tions in the matter were on. Tiwari Central Jail tested Covid-19 was suspended on Saturday for his positive on Sunday, officials alleged connivance in tipping-off the said. They were notorious local criminal Vikas asymptomatic. They had been Dubey. kept in a separate barrack of The STF official refused to di- the jail, Chief Medical Officer vulge further details saying that Rajesh Kumar Bagga said. it would affect investigations. Thirty-two inmates had been Sources said that the phones of shifted from Borstal Jail -- a Vikas Dubey had been switched India sounds confident of vaccine special jail for coronavirus off a few hours after he fled. The patients -- after testing phones of his friends, relatives, as- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE developed by Jenner Institute of negative to the Central Jail. sociated had been put on surveil- BEGINNING OF END University of Oxford and licensed to INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE New Delhi, July 5: As India races AstraZeneca; and The MRNA-1273 OURCES SAID THAT THE lance but Dubey had not contacted to bring a vaccine for Covid-19 by vaccine developed by Kaiser SPHONES OF VIKAS DUBEY any of them so far. Hoarding removed Kanpur, July 5: Daya Shankar HAD BEEN SWITCHED OFF A Station officer Bithoor police mid August, the government on Permanente Washington Health Agnihotri, an accomplice of gang- FEW HOURS AFTER HE FLED station, Kaushalendra Pratap Singh, Sunday said that it is entering the Research Institute "inked an agree- Lucknow: A PETA hoarding ster Vikas Dubey, who was arrested who was injured in the Friday in- human trial stage which "marks the ment with Indian manufacturers with a photograph of a goat, Sunday morning after a brief en- TATION OFFICER BITHOOR cident and is undergoing treatment beginning of the end". for production of the Covid vac- asking people not to counter in Kalyanpur area has ad- POLICE STATION, at the Regency hospital, said Sunday COVAXIN by Bharat Biotech and cines". slaughter it, was removed S mitted that Vikas Dubey had re- KAUSHALENDRA PRATAP that they were not prepared for an ZyCov-D vaccine by Zydus Cadila Talking about how Covaxin works, from the Uttar Pradesh ceived a call that a police team SINGH, WHO WAS INJURED IN encounter and most of the police- are India's own efforts to bring a vac- the ministry in a press statement capital following the THE FRIDAY INCIDENT AND IS objection by a senior Sunni would preparing to raid his house. men were unarmed. cine for this pandemic. Along with turing hubs. Indian manufacturers explained, "The Bharat Biotech's UNDERGOING TREATMENT AT cleric. President of the Daya Shankar Agnihotri, who He said that as soon as the police the two Indian efforts, the world over, account for 60 per cent of vaccine sup- COVAXIN uses the virus isolated THE REGENCY HOSPITAL, SAID Islamic Centre of India, was inside Vikas Dubey's house team reached the spot where the 11 out of 140 vaccine candidates have plies made to UNICEF." It added that from an Indian patient by the National SUNDAY THAT THEY WERE NOT Maulana Khalid Rashid during the encounter, worked as a earthmover had been strategically entered the human trial phase. regardless of which nation comes up Institute of Virology to develop the PREPARED FOR AN ENCOUNTER Firangi Mahali sent an email cook in Dubey's house and his wife positioned, firing began. "There It also said that six Indian com- with the Covid vaccine, they will inactivated virus vaccine." AND MOST OF THE POLICEMEN to the Lucknow Police worked as a maid. He said that he was no street light and we could not panies are working on a vaccine for have to depend on India for its abil- Earlier on July 2, the Indian Council WERE UNARMED Commissioner demanding did not know how to operate a gun see properly. Some of the police- COVID-19. Allaying speculations ity for mass production. of Medical Research (ICMR) head Dr removal of the controversial and was sleeping when the firing men saved themselves by running about India's ability, the ministry of Stressing the crucial role India Balram Bhargava wrote to 12 trial hoarding. The Maulana began. Dubey and his men attacked the behind the earthmover. We could not Science and technology said, "In the plays in the vaccine, the government sites for the Covid-19 vaccine candidate, objected to the hoarding by He has also said that he was police personnel. "I saw nothing," see who was firing because of dark- past years, India has emerged as one cited how two key players have inked Covaxin, stating that all clinical trials placing a photo of the goat locked inside the house when Vikas Daya Shankar Agnihotri said. Call ness all around," he said. of the significant vaccine manufac- contract with India. Both -- AAZD1222 need to be completed by August 15. before the festival of Bakrid. "Bakrid is expected to be celebrated on July 31. Why such a hoarding is being put 8 KILLED IN up just ahead of the festival?" TAJ MAHAL SET TO REOPEN the cleric queried. Two FACTORY FIRE INDIA FOILS SFJ’S BID complaints were also lodged INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE REUTERS with the Kaiserbagh police demanding the removal. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 40 WEBSITES BLOCKED New Delhi, July 5: India has blocked New Delhi, July 5: Visitors to the Ghaziabad (UP), July 5: Eight peo- the Russian portal which was used New Delhi: As many as 40 websites belonging to the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an out- Taj Mahal will have to wear masks lawed organisation, have been blocked by the government for supporting seces- ple, including at least six women, by banned pro-Khalistan group Sikhs at all times, keep their distance and Tiger dies sionist activities, the Home Ministry said on Sunday. The US-based Sikhs for Justice were killed Sunday when a fire For Justice (SFJ) for online voter (SFJ) is a pro-Khalistan group. "Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an unlawful organisation not touch its glistening marble sur- Hyderabad: A Royal Bengal ripped through a candle-manu- registration for 'Referendum 2020' under the UAPA, 1967, launched a campaign for registering supporters for its faces when India’s 17th-century tiger at Nehru Zoological facturing factory where they to demand Khalistan, which seeks a cause. On recommendation of MHA, MEITY has issued orders under Sec. 69 A of the monument to love reopens on Park (NZP) here has died of worked, officials said. One of the separate homeland for the Sikhs. I.T. Act, 2000, for blocking 40 websites of SFJ," a home ministry spokesperson said. Monday after a three-month Authorities are reopening the heart failure, officials said dead worker was a 16-year-old boy. Agencies say that the govern- COVID-19 shutdown. Taj and other monuments, such Sunday. The 11-year-old male At least three other workers ment's move and heavy security While launching the voter regis- port for its anti-India effort through Only 5,000 tourists will be al- as New Delhi’s historic Red Fort, tiger named Kadamba died were injured in the blaze at the arrangements in Punjab turned the tration, the SFJ had appealed to the the voter registration for Referendum lowed in a day, split into two just as India’s coronavirus in- Saturday night. As per the Modi Nagar unit which stocked much publicised anti-India cam- people in Punjab to register their as police vehicles in large numbers and groups, a far cry from peak lev- fections are rising at the fastest post-mortem report, the highly inflammatory material. paign 'Referendum 2020' a futile ex- votes for participation in the non- policemen in plain clothes were de- els of 80,000 a day who would pace in three months. cause of death of the animal Several fire tenders and po- ercise. However, the SFJ claimed to governmental Punjab Independence ployed in Golden Plaza and other swarm the mausoleum built in the Agra, one of India’s first big was shock due to congestive licemen rushed to Bakhrwa have distributed 10,000 voter regis- campaign. The group appealed to areas to foil any attempt disturbing northern city of Agra by Mughal clusters of the virus, remains heart failure. NZP Director N. village in Modi Nagar when the tration forms throughout the state in Punjab residents aged 18 or above the country's peace and violating law emperor Shah Jahan for his wife, the worst-affected city in Uttar Kshitija said Kadamba did not fire was reported around 3 pm. a day. from any religion as well as the Sikhs and order, an official said. in a 22-year effort. Pradesh, the country’s most pop- show any apparent signs of Yogi Adityanath has expressed Soon after inputs received that living anywhere else in India to reg- In a statement, the secessionist “All centrally protected mon- ulous state. illness, but was off feed condolences on the deaths the SFJ launched the 'Referendum ister their votes for participation in group said its July 4 voter registration uments & sites shall be bound “All around the Taj are con- frequently, for the last few and sought a report from 2020' voter registration through the the Referendum. received an overwhelming response by the protocols like sanitiza- tainment zones,” said a local dis- days, for which it was under Ghaziabad District Magistrate Russian website www.punjabfree.ru, The SFJ chose July 4 to launch the from people of Punjab forcing the tion, social distancing & other trict administration official, re- observation of the Zoo veterinarians. Kadamba was Ajay Shankar Pandey. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) campaign in memory of Sikhs killed Indian government to block access to health protocols,” the federal questing anonymity, ahead of the brought to the Zoo from with the help of concerned depart- during the 1955 attack at Darbar Sahib. the Russian portal in a desperate at- tourism ministry said in a tweet. monument’s planned reopening. Pilukula Biological Park, ments blocked the site. The secessionist group failed to get sup- tempt to stop the registration of votes. Mangaluru in 2014 via animal exchange programme. Lightning kills 23 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PM’s Ladakh visit shows India’s resolve: Expert Man duped Lucknow/Bhadohi, July 5: At Mumbai: A history-sheeter least 23 people were killed and 29 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA croachments," Chellaney said. and the cult of personality around message can be conveyed without has been arrested for others injured after being struck "After weeks of concerted gov- him, has led some to compare him naming the country, is there any allegedly posing as a "COVID by lightning in various districts of New Delhi, July 5: Prime Minister ernment effort to downplay the with other expansionist despots of need to mention the country by officer" and robbing a man of Uttar Pradesh Saturday. Narendra Modi's visit to Ladakh Himalayan border confrontation modern history. US National name?" he asked. `54,000 in Chembur area of According to an official state- underscored India's resolve to beat and obscure China's encroachments, Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Two weeks before he went to Mumbai, police said Sunday. ment, eight people died in back Chinese aggression and he Modi's visit to Ladakh helped shine recently said that 'Xi sees himself Ladakh, Modi had created confusion Abdul Sheikh was on his way Allahabad, six in Mirzapur, two in delivered a clear message there to a spotlight on the war-like situa- as Joseph Stalin's successor'," with a speech at an all-party meet- to Chembur railway station on Kaushambi and one in Jaunpur. the neighbouring country with his tion India confronts," the strategic Chellaney said. ing, but with his remarks in Ladakh, June 30 when Sohan A report from the Relief reference to “expansionism”, strate- affairs expert said. "Some, however, have compared Modi has made amends for the June Waghmare (23) and an Commissioner's Office said that gic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney Asserting that China has sought Xi with Adolf Hitler. Like Hitler's 19 speech, the strategic affairs ex- accomplice accosted him and nine others in Prayagraj, 10 in said Sunday. to take advantage of the world's expansionism, Xi has opened mul- pert said. introduced themselves as Mirzapur and four in Kaushambi Modi's visit and the speech were preoccupation with the COVID-19 tiple fronts. And, what Xi's regime Modi made a surprise visit to "COVID officers", an official suffered serious burns. morale boosters for the troops and said. "Waghmare and his pandemic, Chellaney said Xi has is doing to the Muslims of Xinjiang Ladakh on Friday during which

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Prime Minister Covid: Hot weather theory falls flat Narendra Modi is fully BSF sounds alert INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ber of coronavirus cases, with the committed to help op Indian the Delhi residents total rising by 2,12,326 in 24 hours The force has noticed some innovative methods to push New Delhi, July 5: The deadly Tmicrobiologists in the highest single-day increase amid the were hopeful in the poor and vulnerable from across the border by luring coronavirus that entered India since Covid-19 broke out. challenging times March that after due to coronavirus crisis while there was still nip in the air the 21-day So far over 11 million people them with job opportunities in cities like Kolkata, has beaten rising mercury, humid worldwide have tested positive for AMIT SHAH | UNION HOME MINISTER lockdown, as Guwahati, some other towns in north-east India and as conditions, unique Indian genome summer the disease which has led to over and has entered monsoon season approaches, the 5,25,000 deaths, according to data far as Delhi and Mumbai, a senior officer of the BSF said with more potency as fresh cases are from Johns Hopkins University. Just like a rise in temperature only breaking all records in the The US remained the worst-hit venomous would play an country. snake kills a important role in country with over 28 lakh cases, human being, India recorded a single-day spike preventing the followed by Brazil with 15.8 lakh. people of the of record 24,850 new coronavirus drastic spread of According to Sandeep Nayar, country are dying cases Sunday, taking its total tally Covid-19 virus in Senior Consultant and HOD, one by one owing to to 6.73 lakh corona-positive cases. India Respiratory Medicine, Allergy & Nirmala Sitharaman who has Top Indian microbiologists were Sleep Disorders, BLK Super shattered the country's economy hopeful in March that after the 21- Several virologists hinted that by June this year, the impact of Covid-19 Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, day lockdown, as summer ap- would be less than what it appeared in March-April. The claims have whether temperature plays a role in KALYAN BANERJEE | TMC MP proaches, the rise in temperature fallen flat as the virus is mutating fast, becoming more potent than ever Covid-19 infection is highly debated. would play an important role in One school of thought said in the preventing the drastic spread of humid weather was never fully un- Heart Institute, said. tropical regions of South Asia, the Cartoons and Covid-19 virus in India. derstood. "The theory was based There is no built-up immunity to virus might not thrive longer. games Several virologists hinted that on the fact that high temperatures children Covid-19 in humans. "Also, asymp- "On the other hand, another school watch and play for by June this year, the impact of can kill the virus as in sterilisa- tomatic people might be passing it of thought has found that novel hours on mobile Covid-19 would be less than what it tion techniques used in healthcare. to many others unknowingly. New Coronavirus can survive in a hot and phones, laptops and appeared in March-April. The claims But these are controlled environ- viruses tend not to follow the sea- humid environment and tropical PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the 913 kms long south Bengal front other gadgets must have fallen flat as the virus is mu- ment conditions. There are many sonal trend in their first year," climate does not make a difference of the BSF is prone to maximum be made "meaningful" so that they tating fast, becoming more potent other factors besides temperature, Gupta emphasized. to the virus. According to them, New Delhi/Kolkata, July 5: The instances of trans-border crimes, could impart lessons in "culture, than ever. humidity which influence the trans- Globally, as several countries are this is what distinguishes the novel Border Security Force (BSF) has human trafficking and smuggling discipline and religion According to experts, the novel mission rate among humans," Dr now experiencing hot weather, the coronavirus from other common sounded an alert all along the 4,096 of cattle and narcotics, attempts to coronavirus is a new virus whose Anu Gupta, Head, Microbiologist km long India-Bangladesh front to BHUPENDRASINH CHUDASAMA | World Health Organization (WHO) viruses, which usually wane in hot illegally push humans have been GUJARAT EDUCATION MINISTER seasonality and response to hot and Infection Control, Fortis Escorts reported a record hike in the num- weather," stressed Nayar. check cross-border human traf- noticed at few other locations of ficking instances that may witness this border since the outbreak of a spurt in wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus, they said. OVER 300 INDIANS Assam flood pandemic and the linked lockdown, The force has, therefore, alerted SHORT TAKES officials said on Sunday. all its border posts to keep an en- RETURN HOME Two Hyd jewellers’ situation improves The force has noticed some in- hanced vigil against human traf- Man held for novative methods to push the poor ficking instances that, as per mul- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and vulnerable from across the tiple intelligence inputs, is expected praising Dubey PRESS TRUST OF INDIA border by luring them with job op- to witness a spurt owing to the loss Nagpur, July 5: Over 300 Indians deaths create panic portunities in cities like Kolkata, of job opportunities and lockdown Kanpur: Kilkil Sachan, who stranded in Qatar due to the coro- Guwahati, July 5: The flood sit- Guwahati, some other towns in imposed in both the countries to con- runs a coaching institute in navirus-induced restrictions have INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE uation in Assam improved Sunday, north-east India and as far as Delhi Kakadeo area in Kanpur, has at different hospitals. tain the spread of the coronavirus been arrested from his returned in two chartered flights As many as 150 people had at- even though nearly seven lakh and Mumbai, a senior officer of infection, they said. apartment in Keshavpuram to Nagpur and Mumbai. Hyderabad, July 5: The death of tended the birthday bash hosted people across 17 districts continue the BSF said. "We are coordinating with our area of the city in connection These flights were not part of the two city jewellers due to cornavirus by the jeweller who owns a shop in to suffer from the deluge, officials At least five Bangladeshi na- counterparts BGB (Border Guard with objectionable posts on government's 'Vande Bharat within five days has led to panic Himayatnagar area. Many lead- said. tionals were apprehended by the Bangladesh) on these issues and it social media. Sachan had Mission', but were arranged by among around 150 ing jewellers, politi- According to the daily flood re- BSF in less than two weeks, be- is our joint effort to ensure that made a post on the social representatives of the Indian people from various A 63-year-old cians and promi- port of the Assam State Disaster tween June 19-29, from railway the sanctity of the border is intact media applauding and Cultural Centre in Doha, an apex walks of life who at- diamond jeweller nent people from Management Authority (ASDMA), wagons that entered India via and crimes are check effectively," glorifying criminal, Vikas body of Indian expatriates there, tended a birthday various walks of more than 6.8 lakh people are af- Petrapole in the North 24 Parganas a BSF officer said in Delhi. Dubey, as a 'lion' for killing and the Maharashtra Mandal in party thrown by one who had organised life were among the fected due to the floods in Dhemaji, district of West Bengal. The wag- He said the force has initiated eight policemen in Bikru Qatar, a community organisation. of them in the party for his attendees. Biswanath, Chirang, Darrang, ons either contained bags of chilli joint patrolling with the BGB troops village of the district on One of these flights carrying Hyderabad a few Since many im- Nalbari, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, or were empty, the officer said. in vulnerable and crime-prone Friday. The tweets have now 172 passengers arrived in Nagpur days. relatives and friends portant personali- Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, The age group of the five males patches of this entire border and been deleted. Police are Friday and the other with 165 A 63-year-old dia- two weeks ago died ties attended the Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, ranged between 12-25 years and they are sharing intelligence in- carrying our searches for Indians onboard landed in Mumbai mond jeweller who party, the incident Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, their preliminary questioning by puts and information with their another accused, identified on Saturday, Indian Cultural had organised the Friday. One of his was kept a closely Jorhat and Tinsukia districts. the force personnel revealed that counterparts. "The BSF and BGB as Rita Pandey. Centre's vice president Vinod Nair party for his rela- guests, another city guarded secret. Barpeta is the worst-hit with they were trafficked by touts from have the best of relations at pres- said. The passengers in the Nagpur- tives and friends two According to over 3.98 lakh people affected, fol- the other side with help from local ent. The two countries have a shared bound flight included 86 from weeks ago suc- jeweller, had died sources in the lowed by South Salmara with more trafficking syndicates on this side, history and we are working to make UP ministers test Chhattisgarh, 34 from Madhya cumbed Friday. One earlier Telangana Health than 87,000 people and Goalpara the officer said. It is understood that the relations better," the officer Pradesh and 52 from the Vidarbha of his guests, an- Department, three with over 78,200 people. National job loss due to the COVID-19 lock- said. Covid positive region of Maharashtra. They paid other city jeweller, had died earlier. days after the party, a jeweller, who Disaster Response Force (NDRF), down and less work opportunities The force has also asked its bor- Lucknow: Two senior Rs 24,000 each as the ticket fare, he A leading politician from the was among the guests, developed State Disaster Response Force due to the ongoing pandemic were der units to mount additional sur- ministers in the Yogi said. ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi COVID-19 symptoms and was ad- (SDRF), district administrations the reasons that these gullible peo- veillance on cattle smuggling crimes Adityanath government have Passengers of the Mumbai- (TRS) and 11 others who attended mitted to a private hospital, where and local people have rescued 210 ple got lured and trafficked across which is expected to rise in view of tested positive for the novel bound flight paid Rs 20,000 each for the party have since tested posi- he tested positive. He succumbed people during the last 24 hours in the border, they said. Eid celebrations at the end of this coronavirus in the past few their return, he said. tive and are undergoing treatment on Monday. four districts, the bulletin stated. While the border front under month. hours. Uttar Pradesh Minister for Rural Development Rajendra Pratap Singh, popularly known as Moti RAIN JOY Singh, his wife, son, LOCKDOWN IMPACT daughter-in-law and grandchildren have all tested positive for the virus. 65% children now device addictive: Study Narendra Agarwal, CMO Lucknow, said: "After a re- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE and 22.40% had reported eye pain his direction, this study was car- confirmatory test, the and itching. ried out by Dr. Ramesh Chaudhary, Minister and his family were Jaipur, July 5: Around 65% chil- In fact, 70.70% students with Dr.Dhan Raj Bagri, Dr.Kamlesh admitted to the Sanjay dren have become device addic- high screen exposure during the Agarwal, Dr.Vivek Athwani and Dr. Gandhi Post Graduate tive in recent months and are un- lockdown days have behavioural Anil Sharma. In view of the pre- Institute of Medical Sciences able to stay away from the device vailing lockdown due to the COVID- (SGPGIMS). Contact tracing is even for half an hour. Children 19 pandemic, data was gathered being done." The second are expressing anger, crying, not on electronic platforms and social Minister to test positive is listening to parents, showing ir- media for the study in which the Dharam Singh Saini, who ritable behaviour when asked to latest and standard questionnaires heads the Ayush Ministry. leave the device. were used to collect the data. After These facts have come to light obtaining consent, questionnaires in a sample survey carried out by were sent to the parents. Trooper injured physicians at JK Lone Hospital in problems, 23.90% skipped their The information pertaining to Jaipur on 203 children to study daily routines, 20.90 per cent became around 55% boys and 45% girls Srinagar: A Central Reserve the impact of the COVID-19 lock- careless, 36.80 per cent became was shared by parents residing in Police Force convoy was down on child health. stubborn and 17.40% reported a re- the major cities of Rajasthan. once again targeted by The survey says that a total of duced attention span. The survey said that children militants in J&K's Pulwama 65.2 per cent of students have re- The study was conceived by Dr used mobiles, laptops, computers area on Sunday, in which a ported physical problems, 23.40% Ashok Gupta, Medical and tablets available at home out trooper was injured. "A low intensity #IED blast have gained weight, 26.90% have Superintendent & Senior Professor, of which mobiles was the most occurred at #Pulwama. suffered headache/ irritability Department of Pediatrics. Under used tool. #One CRPF personnel A boy wades through a waterlogged street during rain at Sion in Mumbai, Sunday PTI PHOTO suffered #injuries in his hands and is stable. Senior officers are on the spot. American owned US company whose couple of decisions have been taken. There the extent of calling him "surrender Modi" instruments. The past pacts signed Further details shall follow," servers are based in China, the government will be no Lok Sabha session in the Central had widely been reported. It was also the J&K police tweeted. The between India and China prevented the wants to provide its citizens and Hall of Parliament and Rajya Sabha MPs reported that how Rahul Gandhi's own low intensity blast of the soldiers on both sides from "opening fire Institutions a homemade fully secured and won't be shifted to the Lok Sabha trusted lieutenant RPN Singh dared to Improvised Explosive Device and blast operations within the 2 kms of protected Indian variety of Zoom. The chambers. A proposal to hold LS session at suggest that the party should avoid was carried out by the Kuru the Line of Actual Control (LAC)". The government presently uses the National Vigyan Bhawan did not find favour either. It personal criticism of Modi. But Rahul suspected terrorists Chinese attacked the Indian patrol team Informatics Centre (NIC) network for VCs. has also been decided that "virtual Gandhi's another loyalist Rajiv Satav batted moments after a CRPF Kolumn with "nail-studded rods and heavy stones But its capacity is limited and not available Parliament session" is not feasible at least strongly for what his leader had been doing convoy passed through wrapped with barbed wire, clubs with to non-government bodies. during 2020 as no IT infrastructure is in and took those going soft on Modi to task. Gangoo village in South metal spikes. The Indian government has place to provide lease lines to all the Now it is authoritatively learnt that Anand Kashmir. officially not commented on the use of Members of Parliament as their respective Sharma stood his ground saying he was the these medieval torture clubs and other Monsoon session places and officers. only one in Rajya Sabha who was attacking specific details. But these sources say that PM’s aim etting aside all such speculations, the Modi inside the House. Modi was so upset the India side is weighing the options as Girl ends life Sgovernment will now hold the Monsoon Chasm widens with his bitter attacks that he even refused this attack tantamount to barbarity and to come to the House or leave the house violation of international laws and should it Mumbai: A 16-year-old girl n its determination to create India's own session in August-September rather than when his turn came to speak. be reported widely to the international allegedly committed suicide IZoom Video Conference network, the July-August. The session has to be held fter the gulf between some of the senior community. India is well aware of the folly in Kurla East area of Mumbai Modi government has taken many steps. If before September 22 as Budget session Aleaders of the Congress party surfaced of a former Prime Minister taking the and a suicide note found from it has asked a dozen-odd private sector was curtailed on March 23 as per with others at the June 23 meeting of its y China violated the spot stated she was companies to come out with a proto-type provisions of the Constitution. The precise Working Committee, Sonia Gandhi swung Kashmir issue to the UN. But using

dates are being worked taking into account into action to do the damage control. She is "medieval torture clubs" is a different

k y m taking the step due to of Indian version of Zoom by giving them Geneva Convention c initial funding, it has also asked state- the pandemic which may peak out by July understood to have called up deputy leader matter altogether. India has now become a depression, police said hen the Chinese soldiers suddenly owned Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to 10-15 and the curve starts flattening. The of the Congress in Rajya Sabha Anand non-permanent Member of the UN Security Sunday. The incident took attacked Col. B Santosh Babu and create India's own Zoom fast. BEL had government hopes border crisis with China Sharma to pacify him. Though the W Council and some do feel that India must place Friday night in others, they certainly violated Geneva earlier developed a similar set up for the heads towards some solution which will differences between Rahul Gandhi's line of create global opinion about the Chinese Khachadwadi area, a Conventions by using medieval torture Chunabhatti police station Defence network. Since Zoom is a Chinese- also help in fixing precise date. However, a thinking on attacking Modi bitterly going to brutalities. official said. P10 WANT TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT? MONDAY | JULY 6 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Researchers have found that the Greeks have consumption of dietary fibre from matured a lot. And oat and rye brans increased the we want to do our growth of beneficial microbes in the own reforms intestines. In addition, diets KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS | enriched with oat or rye bran were

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k y m c of the day uote Crunch, crunch: Africa’s locust outbreak is far from over The fifth column of the THE WORLD BANK EARLIER THIS YEAR ANNOUNCED A $500 MILLION PROGRAMME FOR COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE HISTORIC DESERT LOCUST SWARMS Russian federation are now playing a very ASSOCIATED PRESS Boris Polo are working to limit the locusts became billions, nibbling Since “more extreme climate important role in damage. The logistician with a hel- away the leaves of both crops and variability could increase the like- Ukraine Nairobi, July 5: The crunch of icopter firm is on contract with the brush that sustains the live- lihood of pest outbreaks and young locusts comes with nearly the United Nations Food and stock so important to many spread,” they called for a better VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY | UKRAINIAN every step. The worst outbreak of Agricultural Organisation, help- families. For now, the young yellow early warning system for the region PRESIDENT the voracious insects in Kenya in ing to find and mark locust swarms locusts cover the ground and tree and urged developing countries 70 years is far from over, and their for the targeted pesticide spraying trunks like a twitching carpet, to help. The World Bank earlier newest generation is now finding that has been called the only ef- sometimes drifting over the dust like this year announced a $500 mil- America is its wings for proper flight. fective control. giant grains of sand. lion program for countries affected blessed to The livelihoods of millions of For months, a large part of East Once airborne, the locusts will have you” by the historic desert locust Prime Minister already vulnerable people in East Africa has been caught in a cycle be harder to contain, flying up to swarms, while the FAO has sought Narendra Modi and Africa are at stake, and people like with no end in sight as millions of 200 kilometers (124 miles) a day. more than $300 million. “India as our valued friend. America and India - the two largest democracies South Carolina in the world! God's blessings to you as you lead India WHO reports record nightclub shooting MARY MILLBEN | POPULAR Trump again accuses AFRICAN-AMERICAN SINGER hike in COVID-19 cases leaves two dead AEGNCIES ASSOCIATED PRESS We wanted to continue and China of spreading nCoV Geneva, July 5: The World Health Greenville, July 5: A shooting at open the economy as much AGENCIES Organisation (WHO) reported a a South Carolina nightclub left as possible but with ‘America loves India’ record hike in the number of global two people dead and eight the amount of Washington, July 5: China must coronavirus cases, with the total ris- wounded, a sheriff ’s official said. President Donald Trump has said infections, which be held fully accountable for its "se- ing by 212,326 in 24 hours in the high- Two Greenville County sher- that America loves India, as he appeared like a very high cliff, it crecy, deception and cover-up" est single-day increase since COVID- iff ’s deputies noticed a distur- thanked Prime Minister Narendra forced us at this point to get that allowed it to spread the coro- 19 broke out. bance at Lavish Lounge just before Modi for greeting him and the involved more aggressively navirus all over the world, US The biggest increase was re- 2 a.m., and saw a large crowd run- people of the country on the President Donald Trump has said, ported in the Americas region ning out of the building, Sheriff BENNY GANTZ | ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER occasion of the 244th upping the ante on Beijing over its Independence Day of the United with 129,772 new cases, Xinhua handling of the COVID-19 out- States The Fourth of July -- also news agency quoted the WHO as break. known as the Independence Day -- saying Saturday. It further said SHORT TAKES Addressing the nation for a sec- is a federal holiday in the US that nearly half of the new cases Systems Science and Engineering ond time in as many days on the oc- long before the end of the year. commemorating the publication were recorded in the US and Brazil, (CSSE) revealed in its latest up- casion of 244th Independence Day China has denied US' claim of of the declaration of with 53,213 and 48,105 new infec- date. Brazil came in the second Man in famous 9/11 on Saturday, President Trump touted “covering up” the extent of its independence from Great Britain tions, respectively. place with 1,539,081 infections the country's "progress" against coronavirus outbreak and has ac- in 1776. Prime Minister Modi on The Southeast Asia region and 63,174 deaths. photo dies of nCoV the COVID-19 disease despite a na- cused the US of attempting to divert Saturday congratulated President recorded the second largest surge Meanwhile, Coronavirus cases Hobart Lewis said at a press con- Delray Beach (US): A man tionwide spike in the number of public attention by insinuating Trump and the people of the US on with 27,947 new cases and 534 and deaths are surging along ference. There was “active gun- photographed fleeing smoke coronavirus cases. that the virus originated from a the country's 244th Independence deaths over the past 24 hours, the Colombia’s Caribbean coast as fire from inside the building,” Lt. and debris as the south "China's secrecy, deception, and virology laboratory in Wuhan. Day, saying as the world's largest WHO added. According to the the region becomes the epicenter Jimmy Bolt said in an initial state- tower of the World Trade cover-up allowed it to spread all "China was the first country to democracies "we cherish freedom Johns Hopkins University, the of the pandemic in the Andean ment, and Lewis said all the shots Centre crumbled just a over the world, 189 countries and report the COVID-19 to the World and human enterprise that this overall number of global COVID- country, with doctors warning were fired inside. block away on Sept. 11, China must be held fully account- Health Organisation (WHO), (and) day celebrates". Meanwhile, 19 cases stood at 11,199,747 on many deaths are going Both Lewis and Bolt initially 2001, has died from able," he said, once again accusing that doesn't mean the virus orig- Trump vowed to defeat the Sunday, while the deaths have undetected. said 12 people had been wounded coronavirus, his family said. Beijing of covering up the outbreak inated from Wuhan. “radical left,” in an Independence soared to 528,953. Colombia - Latin America’s — with at least four in critical Day speech at the White House The Palm Beach Post of the pandemic. There has never been any con- The US accounted for the third-most populous nation - has condition, Lewis said — but Bolt reported that Stephen that condemned recent protests Praising America's "scientific cealment, and we'll never allow any against monuments to historical world's highest number of in- officially reported over 113,000 later told WYFF-TV that the ca- Cooper, an electrical brilliance", Trump said Saturday concealment," Chinese Foreign fections and fatalities with cases of coronavirus and just sualty figure had been revised. engineer from New York figures as attempts to destroy the that the US will likely have a ther- Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian 2,838,678 and 129,672, respectively, under 4,000 deaths among its 50 No one was immediately taken who lived part-time in the United States. Delray Beach, Florida area, apeutic and/or vaccine solution said in April. the University's Center for million inhabitants. into custody. died March 28 at Delray Medical Centre due to COVID-19. He was 78. Rocket fired toward FUN TIME US Embassy in Democracy books disappear 34 dead in Iraq injures child from Hong Kong libraries Japan floods

Tokyo: Deep floodwaters and AGENCIES Hong Kong has some of Asia's best universities and a the risk of more mudslides campus culture where topics that would be taboo on that left at least 34 people Baghdad, July 5: The Iraqi mil- confirmed or presumed dead itary said Sunday that a rocket the mainland are still discussed and written about hampered search and rescue aimed at Baghdad's fortified Green operations Sunday in Zone, home of the US Embassy, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where struck a residential house and in- more than a dozen died and jured a child. Hong Kong, July 5: Books writ- scores were still stranded. Iraqi officials said the embassy's ten by prominent Hong Kong Helicopters and boats rescued recently installed C-RAM air de- democracy activists have started more people from their homes fense system may have attempted to disappear from the city's li- in the Kumamoto region. to intercept the rocket as the sys- braries, online records show, days tem was operational late Saturday. after Beijing imposed a draconian A recent spate of rocket attacks national security law on the fi- have struck close to the US nance hub. China braces for Embassy and targeted American Among the authors whose titles Wong said he believed the re- more storms troops in Iraqi bases. The officials are no longer available are Joshua moval of the books was sparked spoke on condition of anonymity Wong, one of the city's most promi- by the security law. Beijing: A wide swath of in line with regulations. The rocket nent young activists, and Tanya "White terror continues to southern China braced was launched from the Ali Al- Chan, a well known pro-democ- spread, the national security law Sunday for more seasonal Saleh area of Baghdad. A child racy lawmaker. is fundamentally a tool to in- rains and flooding that state media said has already left suffered head injuries and the Beijing's new national secu- criminate speech," he wrote on more than 120 people dead or house was damaged. Children play in a wading pool in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada UNI PHOTO rity law was imposed Tuesday Facebook, using a phrase that missing this year. The National and is the most radical shift in how refers to political persecution. Meteorological Center raised the semi-autonomous city is run Searches on the public library the weather alert to yellow since it was handed back to China website showed at least three ti- Sunday morning, the third by Britain in 1997. tles by Wong, Chan and local highest of four levels, for Oli-Prachanda power-sharing talks fail China's authoritarian leaders scholar Chin Wan are no longer more than half a dozen say the powers will restore stability available for lending at any of provinces and the cities of AGENCIES The Prachanda faction, backed dialogue on Monday ahead of the after a year of pro-democracy dozens of outlets across the city. Shanghai and Chongqing. by senior leaders including scheduled Standing Committee protests, will not stifle freedoms Hong Kong has some of Asia's Kathmandu, July 5: The crucial Madhav Nepal and Jhalanath meeting to sort out differences, a sen- and will only target a "very small best universities and a campus cul- talks between embattled Prime Khanal, has been demanding that ior minister told PTI. minority". ture where topics that would be Schools to Minister K P Sharma Oli and the Oli step down both as party chair The twice postponed powerful But it has already sent fear taboo on the mainland are still dis- ruling Nepal Communist Party's and Prime Minister. Standing Committee meeting of coursing through a city used to cussed and written about. reopen in Lanka executive chairman Pushpa Kamal The two leaders failed to reach any the party Monday is expected to speaking openly, with police ar- But Beijing has made clear it Dahal 'Prachanda' on the issue of agreement. decide on the political future of 68- resting people for possessing slo- Colombo: Sri Lanka will re- wants education in the city to be- open its schools in a phased power-sharing failed Sunday, but As both the leaders stick to their year-old Prime Minister. gans pushing independence or come more "patriotic" especially manner from Monday after they agreed to meet again Monday respective stands, the talk could Meanwhile, Oli has said that the greater autonomy and businesses after a year of huge, often vio- keeping them closed for 115 to sort out their differences ahead not bear any fruit, said a source ruling communist party is facing scrambling to remove protest lent and largely youth-led pro- days due to the lockdown of the party's powerful Standing close to Prime Minister Oli. However, a grave crisis, indicating that it displays. democracy protests. imposed in the country to Committee meeting. they have agreed to sit again for may split soon. contain the spread of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Education said Sunday. CLOTHING FACTORY IN UK FACES MODERN SLAVERY PROBE Ethiopia unrest PRESS TRUST OF INDIA pounds an hour and was also op- commercial gain. This is just the PrettyLittleThing, MissPap, toll jumps to 156 erating last week during the lo- start. What you are doing is ille- BoohooMAN, Karen Millen and London, July 5: A clothing fac- calised coronavirus lockdown im- gal, it will not be tolerated and we Coast. A statement from Nasty Gal Addis Ababa: The number of tory named Jaswal Fashions based posed on the city. are coming after you,” she said. said the company would investi- people killed in protests in Ethiopia following the slaying in the eastern England city of UK Home Secretary Priti Patel de- Last week, the senior Cabinet gate the newspaper's claims, but of a popular singer has Leicester faces a modern slavery in- scribed the allegations as “truly minister had directed the UK's insisted that Jaswal Fashions was jumped to 156 from the vestigation after an undercover re- appalling” and commended the un- National Crime Agency (NCA) to in- not a “direct supplier”. initial tally of 80, a senior porter alleged sweatshop-like con- dercover investigation for its role vestigate modern slavery allega- “Nasty Gal does not allow any of regional security official told ditions and below minimum wage in “uncovering such abhorrent tions in Leicester's clothing facto- its suppliers to pay less than the

payments to its workers, many of practices”. ries after alarm was raised that minimum wage and has a zero-tol-

k y m Reuters Sunday. The protests c were sparked by the them from India. “I will not tolerate sick criminals they were a key source of the spike erance approach to incidences of assassination of musician According to ‘The Sunday Times', forcing innocent people into slave in coronavirus infections in the re- modern slavery,” said Nasty Gal in Haacaaluu Hundeessaa on its undercover reporter found that labour and a life of exploitation,” gion, which led to England's first lo- crime to exploit labour and not pay Fashions, a factory which supplies a statement. The boxes packed at the Monday night and spread workers were being paid as little as said Patel. “Let this be a warning calised COVID-19 lockdown for the the minimum wage. garments to one of Britain's fastest- factory displayed the name Morefray from Addis Ababa to the 3.50 pounds an hour as against the to those who are exploiting people city. The UK's Modern Slavery Act The newspaper's undercover re- growing online retailer Boohoo, Limited, another Leicester-based surrounding Oromia region. UK's legal minimum wage of 8.72 in sweatshops like these for their own was passed in 2015, making it a porter spent two days at Jaswal which owns labels such as Nasty Gal, clothing manufacturer. P11 The coming year TATA SMARTFOODZ TO SCALE UP BIZ MONDAY | JULY 6 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR will be extremely challenging for the Indian Notwithstanding the COVID-19 challenge, automotive sector on Tata Group’s ready-to-eat food biz is readying account of slow economic plans to scale up operations and enhance growth and dull consumer product portfolio to reach tier-I cities in the sentiment country. Tata SmartFoodz, a part of Tata Industries, commercially launched the

business SULAJJA FIRODIA MOTWANI | FOUNDER

k y m AND CEO, KINETIC GREEN ready-to-eat brand "Tata Q" in November 2019 c of the day uote SELF-RELIANT INDIA Indian drug firms Telecom tariff hike inevitable, 2 recall products Changes for making ‘India should focus on in US market manufacturing highly competitive rounds likely in 12-18 months: EY AGENCIES may take some 15 items of imports’ time. Meanwhile, New Delhi, July 5: Indian drug component manufacturers need to PRESS TRUST OF INDIA firms like Lupin, Marksans be attracted to invest in India and Pharma, Aurobindo Pharma and export a substantial part of their New Delhi, July 5: Tariff hike in Alembic Pharmaceuticals are re- production the telecom sector is "inevitable" as calling products in the US market, the current structure does not allow as per the latest enforcement re- RC BHARGAVA | CHAIRMAN, MARUTI SUZUKI reasonable returns for operators, al- port by the US Food and Drug though a lot would depend on the Administration (USFDA). We will not timing given the "unprecedented" While Lupin and Marksans give scale of the COVID-19 pandemic Pharma are recalling diabetes permission for and resultant affordability crisis, drug, Aurobindo and Alembic are import from Prior according to EY. recalling psychiatric medication Reference countries. Acknowledging that in the US market. We are affected. an immediate tar- As per the latest enforcement re- There could be iff increase may port, the US based-arm of Lupin malware or trojan horse in those not be feasible is recalling 6,540 bottles of (imports from China) which they in the cur- Metformin Hydrochloride ex- can activate remotely (to cripple rent setting, tended-release tablets USP, 500 our power systems) These items include The chamber's Secretary General Prashant mg, due to CGMP (Current Good RK SINGH | POWER MINISTER Deepak Sood said the Ministry of Singhal, Manufacturing Practice) devia- Electronics and Information emerging tions. electronics, coal, Whether with other emerging markets, in Technology's recent scheme of pro- markets a way that consumers don't feel The drug has been manufac- such a hike Our ability to iron-steel, non-ferrous duction - linked incentives and en- Technology, the pinch, that is where the re- tured at Lupin's Goa-based man- consistently metals and vegetable couraging champions can be a Media & comes through vival of the sector will happen," ufacturing plant. deliver game-changer if pursued vigor- Entertainment and regulatory Singhal said. Similarly, Marksans Pharma industry-leading oils, among others ously. Both domestic and foreign di- Telecommunications intervention or industry The industry is talking of Average is recalling 11,279 bottles of the di- growth while rect investment should be en- (TMT) Leader at EY said two action remains to be seen, Revenue Per User (ARPUs) going up abetes drug Metformin maintaining PRESS TRUST OF INDIA couraged in the endeavour. rounds of tariff hikes can be ex- but the anywhere from 60% to 80% over Hydrochloride extended-release profitability and The Production Linked Incentive pected in the next 12-18 months, in- financial health of the next two-three years, and that can tablets, which it had supplied to balance sheet strength, combined New Delhi, July 5: Industry body Scheme (PLI) for Large Scale cluding one in the next six months. operators necessitates happen by way of tariff increase, US-based Time-Cap Labs, Inc. with our business sense and thrift, Assocham has identified 15 large Electronics offers incentives to "Tariff hike is necessary. revision in tariffs and moving away from fixed price The US health regulator said it de- makes us resilient to disruptive import items for ramping up the boost domestic manufacturing and Telecom as spend for consumers tected N-Nitrosodimethylamine challenges PRASHANT SINGHAL I plans to data based on usage or country’s domestic capacity to attract large investments in mo- is fairly low, and tariff hikes should TMT EMERGING MARKETS consumption. (NDMA) impurity above the ac- PUNEET CHHATWAL | MD AND CEO, IHCL achieve the objective of bile phone production and specified likely happen over next 6 months, LEADER, EY Tariff hike is inevitable, and the ceptable intake level in product Aatmanirbhar Bharat or self-re- electronic components, including I am not saying it must, but sooner iff issue is one of timing, he asserted. of both the companies. liant India in 2-3 years. assembly, testing, marking and the better... hikes, includ- "If we did not have the pandemic, SHORT TAKES These items include electron- packaging (ATMP) units. ing one in the next six months, to we may have seen a hike in June it- ics, coal, iron-steel, non-ferrous The items of non-oil, non-gold im- The industry is talking ensure sustainability in the market," self. Now because of the pandemic, JSPL lends helping metals and vegetable oils, among ports with significant foreign ex- of ARPUs going up Singhal told PTI. which is unprecedented and ex- Southern Railway others. The analysis based on the change drain identified by the Whether such a hike comes traordinary, we may see a tariff latest data, shows that the elec- chamber include electronic goods, anywhere from 60% to through regulatory intervention hike in next six months but it is in- hand in fight sets up biz unit tronics goods are the largest non- electrical and non-electrical ma- or industry action remains to be evitable, as current structures don't oil import segment. chinery, iron and steel, inorganic 80% in next two-three seen, but the financial health of allow companies to have reason- against coronavirus Chennai: A business Despite the country being under development unit (BDU) has and organic chemicals, coal-coke & years, which can the operators necessitates revision able return on capital employed," partial lockdown, India imported POST NEWS NETWORK been set up here by the briquettes, and non-ferrous met- happen by tariff in tariffs, he said. Singhal added. Southern Railway to electronic goods worth $2.8 billion als, artificial resins & plastic, trans- "Fundamentally, if the sector Admitting that now may not be strengthen its ties with trade only in May, 2020. port equipment, medicinal and increase asserts Singhal has to do well, what you require is a suitable time for initiating tariff Bhubaneswar/Angul, July 5: and industry besides an "In the circumstance of the in- pharmaceuticals. fair price for service which is being increases, given the "affordability With an objective to support the dis- increase in freight traffic. As dustry operating in a normal way, The other items in the list are veg- offered by companies. crisis", Singhal said that things are trict administration, government per the directions of the these imports are near about $5 etable oil, fertiliser, dyeing, tan- "One has to keep in mind the "There has been one revision speeding-up and several measures and the local community to fight Railway Board, the Southern billion a month - a huge drain on ning and colouring material, pro- economic situation and afford- of tariffs in December, and if one have been taken by the government against COVID-19, Jindal Steel & Railway Sunday said BDUs the forex which needs to be cur- fessional instruments and opticals, ability factor...but over 12-18 months, or two rounds of upward revision to ensure that the economy is back Power Ltd (JSPL) has been in- were established at zonal and tailed," Assocham said in a note. fruits and vegetables. you have to have two rounds of tar- happen to make it at least at par on track. volved in undertaking multi-di- divisional-levels of the railways mensional activities in past four with focus on bringing it closer months. to industry and trade. Through its CSR arm–JSPL BIZ BUZZ Foundation, led by its Chairperson COVID-19 pulls down MCL’s Shallu Jindal, the company has 4.27 cr e-way bills been closely collaborating with ` Reliance plans to up aviation the District Administration as valued at 12L cr fuel stations by 50% well as the locals to defeat the New Delhi: An average of April production target drudgery of the pandemic. 14.26 lakh e-way bills, which New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) plans to JSPL Foundation has been pro- are required for POST NEWS NETWORK increase its network of aviation fuel stations by 50% as it looks to viding food and ration to the needy transportation of goods capture greater market share in the business currently controlled by and vulnerable, distributing masks, valued at over Rs 50,000, were Bhubaneswar, July 5: Amid the public sector oil retailing firms. In its latest annual report, RIL said sanitisers and soaps among com- generated each day in the crisis of COVID-19 outbreak, a the double-digit growth observed over 52 consecutive months might munities as well as creating aware- month of June, which is 77% major coal producer Mahanadi have been stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but India continues ness among rural communities of the average number of bills Coalfields Limited (MCL) released to be one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world for the about various prevention meas- generated per day in the pre- data of its total coal production fifth consecutive year. RIL, which operates the world's largest single ures to contain the spread of coro- lockdown phase, GST Network during the first month of the fi- location oil refining complex, plans to capture this opportunity navirus. through increased presence at airports to refuel airplanes. Air- said Sunday. In total 4.27 crore nancial year 2020-21. The data re- The steel firm has launched e-way bills valued at over Rs passenger traffic in India rose 9% even in February after the Indian vealed that MCL fell short to meet carriers recouped to full capacity that was lowered following the 'Mission Zero Hunger' programme 12.40 lakh crore were the total target for the month of to support the poor and vulnera- generated by businesses and closure of a major domestic carrier in the first few months of April this year. financial year 2019-20. ble and provided cooked and dry transporters in June, higher According to data at MCL’s web- foods to the needy. than 4 crore bills worth Rs site, the subsidiary of Coal India pro- As a preventive measure, for 11.43 lakh crore generated in duced around 115.37 lakh tonne of better protection of local com- March, reflecting an uptick in CARE lowers NCDs, FDs of economic activity. coal in the first month of FY’21. munities, the company has dis- The company had targetted to reach extract around 5 lakh tonne of coal fication and solar power. The com- tributed more than 1,10,000 UV coal production of 142.94 lakh tonne per day and 15 MT coal in a month. pany authorities stated that trade PNB Housing treated/sterilized mask made by from opencast and underground According to a media report, the union strikes should be avoided to Mumbai: CARE Ratings has downgraded the credit rating of PNB SHG members promoted by JSPL Trade unions to mining. coal producer has also set a target reach estimated targets. Housing Finance’s bank borrowings, non-convertible debentures Foundation. Also, all the 1,654 mobilise people MCL’s coal production in un- of producing 263 million tonne of Recently, trade unions CIL had (NCDs), and fixed deposits (FDs) to 'CARE AA' from 'CARE AA+'. The Anganwadi centres in the district derground reached 0.403 lakh tonne coal by 2023-24. demonstrated nationwide strike rating agency has also revised its outlook to stable from negative. In a have been provided with face cover Kolkata: Five trade unions in in April of this fiscal and 114.907 lakh Currently, MCL has 48 coal blocks for three days. It hit around 4 mil- statement, CARE said that the revision in the ratings of the NBFC can masks. the coal sector have planned to tonne of coal production was made having mineable resources of 29,100 lion tonne of coal output and caused be attributed to deteriorating asset quality of the company with a rise in absolute gross NPAs. "The revision in the ratings of PNBHFL factor mobilise people in mine areas possible during opencast mining. MT, which can meet the requirement coal-bearing states to suffer an es- in deteriorating asset quality of the company with rise in absolute to generate public opinion MCL has targetted to produce of thermal coal for another 100 timated revenue loss of Rs 319 crore. against the government’s Gross NPAs to Rs 1,856 crore, translating in GNPA of 2.75% on loan Ex-RBI Guv pens 173 million tonne of coal during years. Another 22 miscellaneous Odisha incurred the maximum assets as on March 2020, up from 1.75% as on December 2019," it said. decision to start commercial current fiscal in Odisha. An official projects are also in the pipeline loss of around Rs 70 crore in three mining, after their three-day book on NPAs said that the company is likely to that includes washeries, coal gasi- days. nationwide strike could not budge the Centre from its stand, officials said Sunday. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The unions, including RSS- affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Mumbai, July 5: Urjit Patel, Sangh (BMS), of Coal India 70% startups affected, 12% shut: Survey whose stint as the head of the cen- have also decided to go for a tral bank was one of the most tu- day’s strike August 18, the last INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE the deals signed before COVID-19 out- While 96% of investors accepted multuous in recent times that date for submitting bids for the break, the survey revealed. that their investments in startups ended with the rare event of an RBI auctioning of 41 blocks. New Delhi, July 5: The COVID-19 The reduced funding has forced had been impacted by COVID-19, Governor resigning, will be re- pandemic has made an unprece- startups to put a hold on business 92% said their investments in start- leasing a book later this month, his dented impact on the Indian busi- development and manufacturing ups would continue to be low over publishers have said. SAIL Chairman nesses, particularly small and activities, which has resulted in the next six months. Titled 'Overdraft: Saving the medium enterprises (SMEs) and loss of projected orders. Around 59% investors said they Indian Saver', the book focuses on resumes office startups. According to a joint sur- The survey high- would prefer to work with the ex- the non-performing assets (NPAs) vey by FICCI and Indian Angel The lights the need of an isting portfolio firms in the coming issue that has afflicted Indian bank- New Delhi: SAIL Chairman Anil Network (IAN), the pandemic has startup sector is urgent relief pack- months. Only 41 per cent said they ing in re- Kumar Chaudhary has stressed for survival rejoined office after tested hit the businesses of around 70% age for startups, would consider new deals. cent years, startups. at the moment. The including pos- "A comparison of priority in- its causes negative for COVID-19 virus, investment sentiment is an official said. Chaudhary With uncertainty in the business sible purchase vestment sectors before and dur- and Patel's had gone into a three-week environment and an unexpected also subdued and is expected orders from ing COVID-19 shows 35 per cent in- efforts as institutional quarantine after shift in priorities of the govern- to remain so in coming the govern- vestors are now looking at the RBI he tested positive for ment as well as corporates, many months. Lack of working ment, tax re- investments in healthcare start- Governor coronavirus. "Our chairman startups are struggling to survive, capital and cash flows may lief and ups, followed by EdTech, AI/Deep in dealing has tested negative in the test it says. lead to major layoffs in swifter tax re- Tech, FinTech and Agri," said the with it. conducted after his three- In a nationwide survey on the next 3-6 months funds, and im- survey. "Urjit week quarantine. He has 'Impact of COVID-19 on Indian fixed cost expenses over the next 3- ready started 20-40% DILIP CHENOY I SECRETARY mediate fis- Around 44% incubators surveyed Patel in-

joined his office also. He Startups' involving 250 startups, 6 months, and 68 per cent are re- salary cuts over April- cal support said their day-to-day operations vests his thirty years of macro-

k y m GENERAL, FICCI c joined some time back," the 70% participants said their busi- ducing operational and adminis- June. measures, had been considerably hit by Covid- economic experience in building official said. The official also nesses had been impacted by COVID- trative expenses. Over 33% startups said in- including grants, soft 19. Most incubators are now sup- strategies to protect our banks informed that no fresh cases 19 and around 12% had shut oper- Around 30% of the companies vestors had put the investment de- loans and payroll grants. porting their portfolio firms by pro- from unscrupulous racketeers, have been reported in SAIL ations. said they would retrench employ- cision on hold and 10% said the Besides 250 startups, 61 incuba- viding them virtual platforms to ultimately aimed at saving our office at Lodhi Road since The survey shows only 22% start- ees if the lockdown was extended deals had been scrapped. Only 8% tors and investors also participated interact with mentors, investors savings...," publisher HarperCollins June-mid. ups have cash reserves to meet the too long. The 43% startups have al- startups had received funds as per in the survey. and industries. India tweeted. P12 MONDAY | JULY 6 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c c New Delhi: Sports Minister Ronaldo finds his Kiren Rijiju was among those who wished badminton World Champion PV Sindhu on her birthday. Sindhu Bayern bag German double turned 25 Sunday. “Birthday scoring boots again greetings to India’s first World Badminton Champion AGENCIES AGENCIES and Olympic Medallist Back in business @Pvsindhu1. I wish her a Berlin, July 5: Bundesliga cham- Milan, July 5: Cristiano Ronaldo good health, long life and pions Bayern Munich kept their finally scored with a free-kick Rome: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a happiness forever. Keep hopes of a treble alive after beating Saturday since the resumption of penalty on his first start since lock- shining and making India Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 at the the Serie A. The effort helped down to boost AC Milan’s chances of proud!” said Rijiju in a tweet. Olympiastadion here Saturday to Juventus beat Torino 4-1 in a match qualifying for the Europa League. Sindhu later replied: win the German Cup for the 20th which also saw Gianluigi Buffon set Milan moved above Napoli into sixth “Thanks a lot sir’. Former time. the Serie A appearance record. spot with its third win in four league cricketer Yuvraj Singh also David Alaba gave Bayern the Ronaldo scored Juve’s third goal games since Italian soccer resumed. wished the ace badminton lead with a free-kick in the 16th to take his tally to 25 league goals Ibrahimovic had injured his calf in player. Tennis star Sania minute after Robert Lewandowski this season, four behind Lazio for- training before the season, which had Mirza wished Sindhu on was fouled at the edge of the box, ward Ciro Immobile who leads the been halted because of the coron- avirus pandemic. He was a substitute Instagram, posting a photo with the defender’s effort sailing over Serie A scoring charts. It was the in the midweek draw at Spal. The two of Sindhu with her son the wall and beating the outstretched 46th club goal Ronaldo had scored Izhaan on her story. Among other goals were scored by Hakan arm of Lukas Hradecky under the in his career, direct from a free- Çalhanoglu and Ante Rebic. the shuttlers who wished Leverkusen bar. kick but his first in nearly two sea- her were Jwala Gutta, N Bayern doubled the lead when sons with Juventus and on his 43rd Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa. Joshua Kimmich released Serge attempt. “I needed to score straight title as they moved seven Gnabry down the right channel from a free-kick to get some points clear of second-place Lazio, and the winger’s uncontested shot confidence back,” the 35- who lost 0-3 at home to AC Milan. nestled into the bottom corner for year-old Ronaldo said. The Turin derby was Buffon’s De Kock’s day the 24-year-old’s 20th goal of the Juventus coach Maurizio 648th appearance in Italy’s top Johannesburg: White-ball season in all competitions. Sarri revealed that flight, moving the 42-year-old skipper Quinton de Kock Lewandowski made it 3-0 when Ronaldo told ‘keeper one ahead of AC was named Sunday the he let fly a thunderous strike from him ‘fi- Milan great Paolo men’s ‘Cricketer of the Year’ range straight at Hradecky and the nally’ Maldini, who set the at Cricket South Africa’s Finnish goalkeeper fumbled, al- GREAT FEELING: Bayern Munich footballers celebrate with the German Cup after winning the final, Saturday as record in 2009. Buffon (CSA) annual awards lowing the ball to creep over the he matched this record ceremony. It was held line to give the Polish striker his 50th the game as Bayern defended earlier. It was their second straight walked off December 18 against virtually due to the COVID- goal of the season. their title. 13th time that Bayern League and Cup double, their 13th the field at Sampdoria. 19 pandemic. The 27-year- Leverkusen opened their However, Bayern Munich have won the overall. Now Bayern are targetting the end of Juventus took the old also bagged the ‘Test account four minutes later Munich players could Bundesliga and German Cup the reorganised Champions League the match. lead in the third minute Cricketer of the Year’ while when Sven Bender headed celebrate in front of in August as they bid to repeat the Paulo Dybala when Cuadrado threaded young opener Laura 2nd consecutive League and home at the far post from Cup double treble-winning season under Jupp and Juan the ball through for Dybala, Wolvaardt took home the a corner kick but it Heynckes in 2013. Cuadrado had who beat two defenders be- ‘Women’s Cricketer of the was too little, too late Robert Lewandowski has Supporters were excluded from scored in the first fore curling in his fifth goal. Year’ and ‘ODI Cricketer of as Lewandowski scored 51 goals for Bayern in Berlin’s 75,000-capacity half before Andrea Juve doubled their advan- the Year’ awards. Pacer grabbed a second with double title campaign Olympiastadion. Only 691 peo- Belotti’s penalty kick tage in the 29th when Ronaldo Lungi Ngidi was named ‘ODI and T20 Player of the Year’ a chip over the ple were allowed, including reduced the deficit. ran from well inside his own while David Miller was voted keeper in the 89th Germany coach Joachim Löew, Torino defender half to the penalty area and the fans’ ‘Favourite Player’. minute. empty stands only. who watched while wearing a Koffi Djidji netted rolled the ball across for This is the second time De There was “(It's) a bit sad when the fans are black face mask and smart suit. an own-goal late Cuadrado to fire into the Kock has won the men’s late drama missing for such a cup final in such Hygiene measures were strict. on. bottom left corner. ‘Cricketer of the Year’, when VAR a great stadium,” Bayern forward Normally noisy roads would be Juventus con- And Ronaldo got on the having claimed the spotted a Thomas Müller said. “I was think- teeming with traffic and fans ahead tinued their march scoresheet himself in the accolade in 2017. handball ing about it during the award of the German soccer showpiece, towards a record- 61st, floating the free- kick in the box ceremony. It hurts a bit.” but the area was eerily quiet be- extending over the wall and into the in added Bayern had already won their fore kick-off. Fast food vendor Sven 10th top left corner. Sachin’s gurus on time to eighth straight Bundesliga title Grosch was the only one who opened award his kiosk to sell sausages, beer and New Delhi: Batting great Leverkusen a penalty. Robert Lewandowski emerged fries. He waited wearily with his Sachin Tendulkar paid Kai Havertz’s consolation the super hero for Bayern arms folded behind his counter as Cristiano Ronaldo tribute Sunday to ‘three strike into the top corner Munich with 51 goals only a trickle of curious onlook- people’ who according to proved to be the final kick of ers passed by. him played integral roles in his life as far as his illustrious cricket career is concerned. In a video that he posted on his social BARKLEY BRILLIANCE FASHIONS BLUES WIN media handle on the occasion of ‘Guru Purnima’, Tendulkar can be seen ASSOCIATED PRESS Frank Lampard’s Chelsea stayed After back-to-back defeats fol- talking while holding a bat. a point behind third-place Leicester lowing the resumption, Arsenal In the monologue, Tendulkar London, July 5: Ross Barkley and two clear of fifth-place have now won three straight games pays tribute to his brother set up the opening goal Saturday Manchester United in the race for to rise to seventh – three points Ajit, coach Ramakant before scoring himself late in the Champions League qualification. behind Wolves. A finish in sixth will Achrekar and father Ramesh game as Chelsea eased past rel- Fifth place will be enough to earn the team a berth in the Europa Tendulkar. “Without the egation-threatened Watford in a qualify for the Champions League League next season, as may seventh. three, I wouldn’t have been 3-0 win to consolidate fourth this season if second-place Saka, who signed a new long- where I am today,” place in the Premier League. In Manchester City fails with its ap- term deal at Arsenal this week, Tendulkar said. “My father another game played on the day, peal to overturn a two-year scored his first Premier League always told me don’t take Wolverhampton’s pursuit of a European ban imposed by UEFA. goal when he hooked in a finish shortcuts. Prepare yourself first-ever qualification for the The result of the appeal is imminent. from 10 metres after a left-wing properly and above all don't Champions League received a HOPES DENTED cross from Kieran Tierney de- ever lower your values,” he setback after a 0-2 loss to Arsenal. In the Arsenal- Wolverhampton flected into the youngster's path. added. England midfielder Barkley game goals from Bukayo Saka, a Lacazette was dropped for Eddie played in Olivier Giroud to score highly rated 18-year-old midfielder, Nketiah but had an almost instant in the 28th minute and put Chelsea in the 43rd minute and substitute impact after coming on in the 83rd, ‘Absolute ripper’ ahead at a virtually empty Stamford Alexandre Lacazette in the 86th getting in front of a defender to con- Bridge. Willian converted a penalty ensured victory. This was the first trol a cross from fellow substitute Melbourne: Australia head in the 43rd minute after Christian time Wolves dropped points for Joe Willock before drilling a low coach Justin Langer called Pulisic was fouled to make it 2-0, the first time since the restart of shot into the corner. David Warner an ‘absolute ripper’. Langer said that the before Barkley finished off a flow- the league. It meant Wolves lost Wolves will rue a miss by Adama senior batsman has been a ing team move involving Pulisic ground on Champions League Traore in the 64th when the score fantastic addition to the side and Cesar Azpilicueta with a rasp- qualification rivals Leicester and was 1-0. The winger was one-on-one since he made a comeback ing finish high into the net in sec- Manchester United, who both won with goalkeeper Emiliano after the ball-tampering CLEAN STRIKE: Ross Barkley (in blue) about to score Chelsea’s third goal against Watford ond half added on time. earlier Saturday. Martinez. incident. “I don’t think he’ll (Warner) be a captain of Australia again because of where we’re at, but I love Now new course on 6 FAIL TO TAKE THE KNEE AS F1 REMEMBERS GEORGE FLOYD having him in the team. He’s Complaint against Kohli an absolute ripper,” Langer told Channel Nine football psychology television’s ‘Sports Sunday’. AGENCIES Drivers wear ‘End Racism’ t-shirts Langer also likened Warner being looked into: Jain to unbeaten boxing great Kolkata, July 5: IUSM Sports Floyd Mayweather. “Look, I PRESS TRUST OF INDIA I have received a complaint. Education LLP will be launch- support him. Having David ing a ‘Online Certificate Course Warner in the team is like I will examine it and then see New Delhi, July 5: BCCI ethics of- of Football Psychology’ in the having Floyd Mayweather in if the case is made out or ficer DK Jain said Sunday he is second week of July. The vision the team,” Langer said. not. If yes, then I have to examining a conflict of interest afford an opportunity to of IUSM is to support players, complaint against India captain sports personalities and enthusiast Kohli to respond Virat Kohli from Madhya Pradesh to reach their full potential Closer to title Cricket Association life member DK JAIN I BCCI ETHICS OFFICER through inspired and person- Madrid: Sergio Ramos Sanjeev Gupta. He has levelled sim- alised learning. scored his fifth goal since ilar charges against other players Khimji – are also a part of the tal- The course on football psychology the season resumed as Real in the past which were deemed ‘in- ent management company will cover various subjects. Among Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao fructuous’. ‘Cornerstone Sport and the topics are ‘Type of Human 1-0 Sunday to move closer to In his latest complaint, Gupta Entertainment Private Limited’. Behaviour In Sports Psychology’, their first Spanish league has alleged that Kohli is conflicted Kohli however, does not have a role ‘Psychological Skill Training (PST)’, title in three years. Ramos as he occupies two posts – captain in ‘Cornerstone Sport and and ‘Neuro Linguistic Programme converted a 73rd-minute of the Indian team and director of Entertainment Private Limited’. (NLP)’. Soon online courses on other penalty kick to give Madrid a venture which has co-directors The company manages the com- disciplines of sports and sports their seventh straight league linked to a talent management com- mercial interests of the India skip- management programmes will be Some F1 drivers including Lewis Hamilton (R) took to the knee to protest against the killing of George Floyd victory and open a seven- pany that has on board, several of per and his many other teammates launched by IUSM. point lead over second-place his teammates. Gupta has alleged including KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, The organisation is also intro- ASSOCIATED PRESS back. Hamilton, who knelt along- in our daily life rather than formal Barcelona, who visit fifth- that it is a violation of the BCCI con- Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav ducing the ‘Learn from Home’ side Sebastian Vettel, at one point gestures that could be seen as con- place Villarreal later Sunday. stitution which bars one individual and Kuldeep Yadav. segment for all sportspersons and Spielberg, July 5: Formula One (F1) bowed his head pensively while troversial in some countries,” Leclerc Madrid remained the only from holding multiple positions. “In view of the above, Shri Virat those who want to make sports drivers all wore a black T-shirt with Kvyat pointed to the anti-racism said. “I will not take the knee but this team with a perfect record “I have received a complaint. I will Kohli is occupying two posts at a time management a career. It will pro- ‘End Racism’ written on it before the message on his T-shirt. does not mean at all that I am less after the coronavirus break. Eighth-place Athletic was examine it and then see if the case in blatant violation to BCCI Rule 38 vide personalised learning for all start of the season-opening Austrian Hamilton has spoken widely committed than others in the fight coming off two straight is made out or not. If yes, then I have (4) approved by Supreme Court of students. “Everything a sports en- Grand Prix here Sunday, but six of about racism in recent weeks fol- against racism,” he added.

victories and had won three to afford an opportunity to him India. As such, he must relinquish thusiast or sports personality want the 20 drivers did not take the knee. lowing the death in Minneapolis of Verstappen explained his choice. y of its last four matches, with (Kohli) to respond,” Jain informed. his one post at once in compliance...,” to learn or those who want to take They were Kimi Raikkonen, Max George Floyd. F1 drivers discussed “I am very committed to equal-

Gupta claims that Kohli, who is wrote Gupta in his complaint. sports education as a profession Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Daniil what they should do during a driv- ity and the fight against racism.

k k y y m m c the only setback a loss at c Barcelona. Madrid were one of the directors at ‘Cornerstone It is the first high profile com- can learn the various subjects Kvyat, Antonio Giovinazzi and ers’ briefing Friday evening to But I believe everyone has the right without forward Eden Venture Partners LLP’ and ‘Virat plaint Jain has received since he got through online classes,” said Sanjay Carlos Sainz (Jr). protest against the death of Floyd. to express themselves at a time and Hazard and defender Kohli Sports LLP’, is conflicted as a one-year extension last month. Sribastava, the COO of the com- World champion Lewis Hamilton, Leclerc and Verstappen wrote on in a way that suits them,” the Dutch Raphael Varane because of his co-directors – Amit Arun Sajdeh Last year Jain had handled cases pany. “We strongly believe sports the only black driver in F1, wore a Twitter before the race why they driver said. “I will not take the minor injuries. AGENCIES (better known as Bunty Sajdeh in related to Sourav Ganguly, VVS education has a huge market po- T-shirt with ‘Black Lives Matter’ on chose not to kneel. “I believe that what knee today (Sunday) but respect Indian cricket) and Binoy Bharat Laxman and Rahul Dravid. tentiality,” he added. the front and ‘End Racism’ on the matters are facts and behaviours and support the personal choices.

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